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THOUSANDS WILL QUIT WORK A STRIKE WHICH WILL INVOLVE OVER 950,000 WORKING MEN. AN ENDEAVOR TO ENEORCE SCALE. Committee Hai OeHiled to Cell Out the Host* of I,sborers Within the Next Few liny*. The Terra Haute, Ind., Express pub lished. the following in its issue of Friday: “Next Sunday or prior to that day circulars will he placed in the hands of all the bituminous miners in the Unit ed States, calling them out on a strike. It is estimated that 250,000 men will be invoked. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana, Illinois and parts of West Vir ginia and Kentucky will contribute to the movement. The strike is to en force the Columbus scale of 69 cents per ton for Pennsylvania, 60 cents for Ohio, 60 cents for Indiana and 55 cents for Illinois. When the Columbus scale was adopted it was not thought advisable to attempt its enforcement. A com mittee was then appointed to take in hand the matter of a strike and to or der one as soon as such a course seemed opportune. This committee has decided that the time has come to act. 1 ' l’lea for the Miners. A special from Chicago says: W. D. Ryan, secretary of the United Mine Workers of Illinois, has written an open letter to Senator Mason, which says: “The stand taken by you in behalf of the patriots in Cuba deserves the commendation of all liberty-loving people; but let me call your attention to the condition of 40,000 of your con 'utituents, the coal miners of Illinois. “The insane competition inaugura ted by the coal operators has brought about a condition of suffering and des titution which was never equaled. “Wo have been forced to accept re duction after reduction until the price now paid is so low that the miners can not earn an average of 75 cents a day, and the mines work on only half a day. Taking an average of $1 a day and three days' work a week, a miner earns SI2 a mouth. With a family of rive—a fair average —the wife has less than 3 cents for a meal, to say nothing of clothes, rent, etc. “1 doubt if any more lives have been lost, in Cuba since the insurrection commenced than in the mines of Illi nois during the same time, and I am certain there is no more women and children hungry iu Cuba at the pres ent time than among the families of Illinois. “Do something to put the idle miuers of Illinois to work at a fair rate of wages and I will guarantee that every miner in Illinois will contribute at least one day’s wages every week for the benefit of the down-trodden people of Cuba. BAGGING ON FREE LIST. An Amendment Al*o Gives Cotton lie* th# Sume Privilege*. The seuate Thursday placed on the free list cotton bagging, burlap, grain sacks made of burlap and also bags made of jute or hemp—yeas 30, nays 25. The senate also adopted the tariff amendment placing cotton on the free list; 29 to 23. The near approach of the completion of the tariff bill was referred to in the opening prayer in the senate by Kev. Hugh Johnson, who said: “We recognize Thy hand in the work of commercial legislation now near completion iu so short a period of congressional history. We thank Thee for the courage, the disinterest edness and the generosity exhibited by senators and representatives and ♦hat party interest and feelings and local interests have been subordinated to the expressed will of the majority in this legislation.” Union Mills Closed. Asa result of the failure of the joint wage conference of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and manufacturers to agree upon a scale at Youngstown conference Thurs day, all the union mills in Pittsburg. Pa., closed down Friday, and between 75,000 and 85,000 men are idle. DECISION CAUSED TROUBLE. A Tacoma, Wash., Bank Forced Into Hands of Receiver. The Union Bank, Savings and Trust Company of Tacoma, Wash., has closed its doors and gone into the hands of a receiver as a direct result of the recent supreme court decision claiming a large amount of city warrants to be illegal. Judge Williams appointed Charles Riohardson to the charge. The bank was organized in Februa ry, 1891, with the late General Wil liam Sprague as president. It owns $155,000 of the Tacoma gen eral fund warrants and $lB,OOO of the oity hall warrants, the validity of which was thrown into question by the supreme coart decision. CORNELL WINS 10AIN. ThU Tine the Doughty Crew Captures the Freshman Race. Cornell won the freshman race at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Wednesday, by three-fourths of a length; Columbia second, by one-third of a length over Pennsylvania. The official time: Cor nell, 9 minutes 211-5 seconds; Colum bia, 9 minutes 22 3-5 seconds; Penn sylvania, 9 minutes 23 1-5 seconds. The race was over the two-mile course between tkreo American crews rowing with purely American methods. BEFOBM EDITORS MEET. iho National Populist Press Association at Nashville. The National Keform Press associa* Ton held its opening session at Nash ville Friday morning. About 75 dele gates were present, 50 of whom were trom Texas. Hon. Frank Burkett, of Mississippi, president of the association, being ab sent on account of illness, Vice Presi dent Mays, of Poiperoy, Wash., pre yed ami delivered ft brief speech, OFFICIAL STRIKE ORDER I.anril By Nntloiml Hoard of United Mine Worker., Willi Instruction*. A special of Friday from Columbus, 0., says: A general strike of miners j of the United Mine Workers of America ! has been ordered for July 4th by the ntiaonal executive board, whose head quarters are in this city, and also by the district presidents, as n result of the meeting held hero June 24th, 25th and 26th. The official document says: “To the Mine Workers of the Coun try, Greeting—Fellow Miners: At the Inst annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America, held iu the city of Columbus, 0., January 12-16, 1897, it was determined that the scale of prices should be advanced to the following rates: “Pennsylvania (Pittsburg district) pick mining, 69 cents per ton ; Ohio, 60 cents per ton ; Indiana, bitumin ous), 60 cents per ton; Illinois (Grape creek), 55 cents per ton. Machine mining to be paid three-fifths per ton of the price for pick mining except in Indiana (bituminous), where the price filial! be four fifths per ton of the price paid for pick mining; other mining sections a corresponding increase in price that will place them on a relative basis. “It was further agreed that the time for the enforcement of the scale was left with the national board and district presidents to determine when it was most opportune to put this scale into effect.” The document then urges unanimity and fidelity among the members. “The signs of the times,” the paper says, “as pointed out by the press and by the testimony of men versed in public affairs are that business is im proving; that an upward tendency in prices of all comodities is apparent. “In the general business revival and industrial improvement which is ear nestly proclaimed we ought to share, and if we do not attempt to share, we shall be false to ourselves and to those dependent upon us. “Let the watchword be,” says the circular, “mine workers are entitled .to a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work: Local committees are directed to be formed, “and see that action is taken at once. The field is large and it will be an impossibility for national and district officers to attend at all points, consequently all local leaders are ordered to assume the responsi bility and authority for the successful consumatiou of our desires. “To insure success great care should be exercised by all that uo breach of the peace occurs at any time or place, under any circumstances. Bulletins will be issued from time to time to keep you informed of the progress of affairs.” STRONG Adopted l>y the Georgia Bar Association Recoinmending Reforms. The following resolutions were adopted by the Georgia Bar associa tion in session at Warm Springs, after the warmest debate which has ever agitated the association: “Resolved, That it is the sense of this as sociation— ‘*l. That criminal pleadings should be amendable. “2. That the state and the defendant in criminal cases should bo put upon an equal ity in the challenges of jurors. “3. That prisoners who desire to make any statements on their own behalf shall do so under oath and subject to eross-ex ami na tion; that in lieu of the right to make s statement, as is now practiced, the defend ant shall have the right to he sworn as a witness in his own behalf. “4. That the president shall appoint a special committee of nine, of which Judge George Hillyer, of Atlanta, shall be chair man, to present the draft of bills embodying the foregoing resolutions to the next general assembly, ar *. shall urge the adoption there of. “5. That said committee be, and is hereby requested to present to the next meeting of this association a report covering the whole subject of needed reforms in the criminal law and its administration, and shall cause to be printed and mailed to each member of this association, thirty days before the next meeting, a copy of said report.” LAW SHUTS THEM UP. A third Louisville building and loan association, The Globe, went to the wall Friday afternoon, finding itself unable to carry on business under the state law as construed by the appellate court. The assets and liabilities are estimated at §400,000 each. The managers and presidents of the build ing and loan associations have issued cards calculated to restore confidence. CROKER COMING HOME. He Will Assume Management of the Tam many Campaign. The Associated Press is informed on reliable authority that Richard Croker, now in London, assures his friends that he has virtually made up his mind to return to New York in time to manage the Tammany campaign for next autumn’s election. “Tammany is sure to win,” he said to a well-known New York politician. “The tariff will go into force too late to help business this year, while the reformers and republicans will not be able to establish a harmonious alli ance; if indeed they establish any at all.” PRESIDENT OFF FOR CANTON. Leaves Washington, With His Household, to Visit His Mother. President McKinley left Washing ton Friday night over the Pennsyl vania railroad for Canton, where he will visit his aged mother and take a few days of rest. With him were Mrs. McKinley, Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Day, Mrs. Saxton, who is Mrs. McKinley’s aunt, and Miss Ma bel McKinley. The party occupied the Pullman car Hazelmere, which was attached to the rear of the west ern express. REDUCTION NOT ACCEPTED. Miners Kefnse to Work In Eight Alabama Mines, Resulting In a Shut Down. A special from Birmingham, Ala., states that the miners at Brookside, Brazil, Cardiff, Blossburg, Blocton, Adger, Johns and Sumter coal mines ! are idle, having refused to accept a re- I duction. Three hundred coke ovens j at Johns have been shut down and no tice given that work is indefinitely postponed. No disorders hftve re- suited, MILLS WILL CLOSE DOWN. More Than 25,000 Iron and Steel Worker. Will Be Idle. Every mill in the United States whose wage scales are under the juris diction of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Iron, Steel and Tin workers will shut down. These mills altogether employ 25,000 men, who are members of the Anial gated Association, besides those who are not. The general shutdown will take place on account of the failure of Amalgamated Association scale com mittee and the manufacturers to agree on a puddling rate at the conference held at Youngstown, 0., Wednesday. They were in session all the after noon, and did not get any further than the puddling rates. The committee held for $4.50 a ton for puddling, and the manufacturers refused to budge from their stand for $4. An adjourn ment sine die was finally taken, each side to let the other know when it had experienced a change of heart. All the visiting manufacturers and dele gates left at once for their homes. The wage struggle this year prom ises to be protracted because of the wide divergence between workers and manufacturers. The steel, sheet iron, tin plate, flint glass, bottle blowers and window glass workers are all in terested in the outcome of the wage conference being held. The manufac turers have been late to call for meet ings and reluctant to sign when ap proached for settlement. The suspension of work in the mills, with the addition of the coming big coal strike, will be the biggest suspen sion of business at one time for years past. The tin plate manufacturers will hold another conference with the workers’ wage committee. Every tin plate plant in the country closed down Wednesday evening, throwing about 12,000 people out of work. The shrewdest guessers cannot tell when the tin plate scale will be signed. There will be trouble when the flint glass workers seek to have the chim ney scale signed. The manufacturers want a decided reduction and are after it hard. The stubborn fights put up by the flint glass workers are prover bial and a long shut down is anticipat ed. In this industry no trouble is anticipated over the remaining glass scales. There is no telling when the window glass scale will be settled, and the manufacturers and workers are in no hurry to come together for a con ference. About 15,000 men are in volved in the scale. CHAPMAN GETS NOMINATION. Ohio Democrat* Hold State Convention and Name a Full Ticket. The democrats of Ohio held their state convention at Columbus Wednes day and nominated Horace L. Chap man, an original silver man, for gov ernor. The platform adopted is an indorsement of the Chicago platform, the money planks being emphasized by being reproduced in the Ohio doc ument. The platform proper stops there, but two supplementary planks were adopted, one a Btrong arraign ment of trusts, the other the Cuban plank. The platform makers thought it best to leave the issue clear-cut, and for that reason made the platform proper as short as possible. General Warner, the veteran leader in the silver fight, was given a great reception when he appeared to report the platform. The cheers were for him as a man and a silver leader, hut especially for the principles which he represents. There was not a dissenting voice nor the semblance of disapproval, but, on the contrary, a degree of enthusiasm equal to that which greets silver ut terances iii the south or west. Mr. Chapman, the nominee for gov ernor, is especially strong with the labor element of the state, and at the same time enjoys the full confidence of the business element, for he has been a remarkably successful man. He is an original silver man, though presi dent of a national bank at Jackson, were he lives and has his coal mines. The full ticket named is as follows! Governor, Horace L. Chapman. Lieutenant governor, Melville D Shaw. Supreme court judge, J. P. Spriggs. Attorney general, W. H. Dore. State treasurer, James F. Wilson. Board public works, Peter H. Deg nan. School commissioner, B. H. Hurd. TWO B. & L. FAILURES. Cansed By a Recent Decision of Kentucky Appellate Court. The Commercial Building Trust, a corporation doing a building and loan business at Louisville, Ky., assigned Wednesday. The assets and liabilities are estima ted at about half a million dollars each. The assignment is caused by the recent decision of the appellate court in which it was held that all in terest charged or collected by any cor poration or persons in Kentucky in excess of 6 per cent was usury. Following on the heels of the fail ure of the Commercial Building Trust, the Columbia Building and Savings Associativa went to the wall. DIED BY WHOLESALE. Passengers On Mail Steamer Para Tell a Story of Horror. Passengers who arrived at New York Friday night on the Alliance tell a harrowing story of their experience aboard the Pacific Mail steamer City of Para, which left Pauama for San Francisco on May 23d last. It seems that two days after clearing the isthmus, yellow fever broke out. Three-fourths of the passengers, it is said, were attacked by the disease, and at least a dozen of them found watery graves. THIS TRAIN WAS DITCHED. Only One Passenger, However, Was Se riously Hurt In the Smash-Up. The westbound passenger train on the Oregon Short Line road went into the ditch near Glenn’s ferry, Idaho, Wednesday night, owing to a broken One person was seriously injured and one slightly injured. The names of the injured one is not given. Superintendent Galvin and Chief Surgeon Picker ton left on a special train for the scene of fhe accident. TWO COLLISIONS; FIVE DEAD. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TRAINS CRASH INTO EACH OTHER. A MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS. Rertidea Those Killed, a Large Nnmber of People Were Injured, Some of Them, It Is Thought, Fatally. A Chicago special says: Five per sons were killed outright and about thirty injured in two collisions Wednesday morning—one on the Chi cago and Northwestern, and the other on the Vandalia railroad. Both acci dents happened to trains carrying Christian Endeavor people to Sau Francisco. The first accident was to No. 11, on the Vandalia railroad, which left In dianapolis Tuesday evening, contain ing a large number of Christian En deavorers, which collided with train No. 6, bound east from St. Louis at 8:20 o’clock, near Vandalia. The killed were: R. T. Sherman, mail clerk on No, 11, Indianapolis. W. P. Coon, baggagemaster, 326 East Louisiana street, Indianapolis, No. 11. Fatally injured: Samuel Parkin son, mail clerk, of Columbus, 0., crushed in the wreck. Frank Owens, fireman, of Terre Haute, mangled un der the engine. Train No. 11 left Indianapolis in two sections on account of the heavy San Francisco travel occasioned by the national meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society. Orders were given to meet No. 1 the east bound passen ger train, at Vandalia, these two trains being due to most at that place about 1:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. Prom the information at hand it is claimed that the acoident was due to the crew of the special train mis understanding orders. Accident in West Chicago. The accident on the Chicago & Northwestern occurred at 12:45 a. m. The oolliding trains were sections Nos. 4 and 5 of a Christian Endeavor special sent out in nine sections be ginning at 10:30 p. m. Section No. 5 ran into section No. 4, which left Chicago fifteen minutes ahead of it. Section No. 4 carried the Wisconsin delegates, nearly 500 strong, and in the rear sleeper were people from Fou du Lac, Green Bay, Appleton and other Wisconsin cities. Section No. 4 had come to a stop just out of west Chicago, where the Freeport line diverges from the main line. Section No. 5 came up behind with great speed and the shock of the collision was terrific. The passengers in the two rear sleepers of section No. 4 were all in their berths. Those who were not killed outright awoke to find themselves jammed iu the wreckage. Passengers on both trains hastened to the spot and began the work of res cue. The body of an unidentified man, that of a tramp, was found between the baggage car and the engine. The man had been crushed to death. Men and women could be seen strug gling to extricate themselves from the wreckage. An immediate call for help was made on every point within reaching distance. Chicago was notified and asked to send physicians at once, and medical help was requested from Ge neva, Wheaton and Aurora. The engine of section No. 5 struck the rear of the sleeper of section No. 4 witk terrific force. The engine was totally wrecked. The rear sleeper of section No. 4 was driven with terrific force upon the second sleeper, and such was its impetus that it crashed through it as if it had been a card board box and reduced it to a mass of wreckage. Those killed in this accident were: John Gooding and Mrs. E. Shipman, Appleton, Wis.; unidentified man rid ing between engine and baggage ear, supposed to be a tramp. VESSELS COLLIHE. One Sinks and Fourteen of Her Crew Drowned. Advices from Constantinople state that a collision took place in the Dar danelles Wednesday between the Ger man vessels Rembeck and Berthilde. Tjie former sank almost immedi ately and fourteen of her crew were drowned. CUT FIFTY PER CENT. Norfolk and Western Make Big Reduction In Wages of Employes. The Norfolk and Western Railrway Csmpany put into effect Friday at the shop of its Lambert Point tunnel the new scale of wages, making reductions of from 40 to 50 per cent. Every man employed at the shops at Norfolk is affected by the reduction, although the principal cuts are on piece work. The stringers are reduced from $5 to $2.50, while wheels, for which 50 cents was formerly paid, are now rated at 30 cents. The cut is the heaviest ever made by the road, hut although they are naturally dissatisfied, the men will cr/ntinue work. KILLED BY PAIN KILLER. Thirsty Indians Use a Kami Substitute for ‘‘Fire Water.'* A special of Thursday from Brain erd, Minn., says: Five Indians,includ ing Chief Wee Sug, are dead at Mati nee Point, on Mille Lacs Lake, and several others are expected to die, as the result of drinking pain killer, hair oil and other preparations containing alcohol. The Indian payment has been going on there and the redskins gorged themselves with this stuff, which was bought from trading posts. REFORMS IN GEORGIA LAWS. Changes Demanded vy Bar Association at Their Annual Meeting. The lawyers and judges and law makers of Georgia in session at Warm Springs have taken up the proposed reform in the criminal law of Georgia, and there is every reason to believe that some definite, positive and potent action will be taken. Just what this action will be it is impossible to forecast, because the lawyers holcf radically different view?. REPORT AGAINST TRUSTS. n<‘i>ubllran Senator, Hold Their I.aat and Most Important Caucus. A Washington special says: The republican senators held what they, declare to be their last caucus on the tariff bill Thursday night. The meet ing continued for three hours and was productive of important results, which were not reached without a display of considerable feeling. Among the points decided were as follows: The report of an anti-trust amend ment. To withdraw the original finance committee provisions for a duty on tea and an increase of 44 cents per barrel ill the tax on beer. To provide for a tax on bond and stock transactions. The greater part of the time was given to the proposition for a provision against trusts. Tho discussion of this question was opened upon the basis of the report of the judiciary committeo iu opposi tion. The committee had held a meeting during the afternoon during which the whole question was gone over at length with other republican senators, includ ing Messrs. Hanna and Chandler. It was decided that it would extremely difficult to secure legislation that would be effective and that upon the whole it was impolitic .and unwise to undertake it. A report was made according to the caucus and a resolution adopted au thorizing the presentation of an amendments providing in express terms for the continuance in effect of the terms of the Wilson bill, which makes it unlawful to form a trust iu imported articles. OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR SOUTH. Many Now Industries Estahlisned During the Past Three Months. A carefully prepared tabulated report of the industries established in the south for the second quarter of this year has been issued by The Trades man, Chattanooga, Tenn. These were: Agricultural works, 3; breweries, 2; brick and tile works, 9; canning facto ries, 9; compresses and gins, 53; cot ton and woolen mills, 24; development and improvement companies, 9; dis tilleries, 1; electric light companies, 69; flour and gri3t mills, 40; foundries and machine shops, 17; gas plants, 6; ice factories, 9; mines and quarries, 28; natural gas and oil companies, 8; oil mills, 21; phosphate and fertilizer companies, 8; tanneries, 3; waterworks, 50; woodworking plants, 18. Under the head of miscellaneous are included rice mills, soap factories, sugar mills and refineries, etc., fifty two, making the total number of in dustries for the quarter 547. The report indicates that the varied resources of the south are being more generally utilized and that there are opportunities outside the manufacture of pig iron and the production of cotton. The Tradesman says that one of the encouraging features of the past quar ter has been the very general improve ment in the equipment and enlarge ment of the existing plants. ROCKHILL FOR GREECE. Strong: Probability of His .A pp nt 111 <‘nt ns Miiiiitter. A Washington special says: It is understood the president has selected W. V. Rockhill, late assistant secre tary of state, for the post of minister to Greece, and that his name is likely to go to the senate at once. Mr. Roekhill’s appointment will not be a pasty one in any sense, but will be based entirely upon his experience as a diplomat and his excellent ivork in the department of state. He en tered the diplomatic service as far back as 1884, being appointed from Maryland to be second secretary of legation at Pekin. ROCKEFELLER WILL PAY. Tho Conditions of a Munificent Donation Has Isoen Carried Out. A New York telegram says: It is re ported that John 1). Rockefeller will be held to his offer of $250,000 for the American Home Missionary Baptist Union. The raising of $250,000 by July Ist, upon which the gift was con tingent, has been raised. H. L. Moore liouse, the field secretary of the Amer ican Home Baptist Missionary Society, said: “If we had not succeeded in getting the full amount by today Mr. Rocke feller would have been absolved from liis offer and so would have several others,” SULTAN DEMANDS THESSALY. Belongs to the Conqueror, Says the Turk, by Virtue of Conquest. A dispatch to the London Times from Constantinople, dated Wednes day, says: Tewfik Pasha will annouce to the ambassadors of the powers tomorrow (Thursday) that the cabinet maintains the indefensible right of Turkey to re tain Thessaly by virtue of conquest. Another dispatch to The Standard from Constantinople says that Edhem Pasha, commander in chief the Turk ish forces in Thessaly, has tendered his resignation of command to the sultan on the ground that under the proposed peace conditions he will be unable to guarantee the discipline of the army. TO MAKE NOVEL TEST. Clan-Na-Gaels Will Parade With Arms at Unveiling of Logan Statue. The Clan-na-Gael Guards, at Chica go, have decided to test the new state law against uniformed and armed in dependent societies. Major James J. Reilly and his men will turn out July 22d to participate in the unveiling of the Logan statue. The guardsmen will march close ta these independents of the citizen sol diery when they parade. There will be moss in the mouths of their rifles and it is said the defiance xvill be ac cepted. EN ROUTE TO LONDON. United States Monetary Commission Has Left Paris—Negotiations Satisfactory. The United States monetary com mission, headed by Senator Edward Wolcott,of Colorado, started from Paris Friday for London. The commissioners cypress them selves as being wed satisfied with the result of the’"' negotiations in the French ear 2 ' 1 ®! aD< * the general out look II WAVE CAUSES DEATH. MANY FATALITIES AND PROSTRA TIONS OCCUR IN CITIES, AND CINCINNATI LEADS THE LIST. St. T.ouis a Clo* Second—barge Districts of Country Showed the Thermome ters at 100 and Over. A Chicago special says: The wave of torrid weather under which the central states sweltered last week showed no abatement Sunday. From Pittsburg to Kansas City and from Chicago south cloudless skies aud a blazing sun left a record of prostrations and death which has sel dom been equaled for the early days of July. Throughout the entire district the mercury registered close to 100 in the shade during the day, and the number of prostrations went into the hun dreds. Cincinnati, with a maximum tem perature of 98 degrees, showed the highest death rate, six deaths result ing out of a total of fifty prostrations, but there were many fatal cases at other points. In Chicago the mercury registered close to 90 degrees for the greater part of the day, and there were over a score of prostrations. Two men were killed during the afternoon, Albert Lamberg, a carpen ter, and Henry Becbling, a teamster. Several other eases are critical. The average temperature in St. Louis Saturday was 98 degrees. That was not the government record of heat, but it was the temperature the people in the streets had to stand. One man could not endure it, and hanged him self in a cool cellar. Another slept by a window, dreamed he was a diver, and plunged three stories. Still an other man walked into the river, and fought when he was fished out; a sup posed suicide. Actual heat prostra tions have been numerous, aud three deaths have resulted. At Cleveland, Ohio, the heat was most intense, the temperature reach ing the highest point of the season. Three fatalities occurred, and there have been several other prostrations. Fourteen Die In Cincinnati. Sunday in Cincinnati was the hot test day in the present ton id spell. The weather bureau showed the mer cury at 97 at 2 to 4 p. m. and its max imum at sp. m. The sky was cloud less all day and hut few people ven tured on the streets. Fifty prostra tions and fourteen deaths were reported at 9 o’clock p. m. Local thermometers showed from 102 to 106 in the shade during the afternoon. The mercury at 9 o’clock stood at 90 degrees. While there were fifty cases of sun stroke in the city that required re moval to the hospitals or their homes, it is estimated that there were fifty lighter eases, the victims of which went home without assistance. Of the class requiring medical attention, ten cases were quite serious. FEARFUL FLOODS IN FRANCE. Heavy Lois of Mfe —Fourteen Bodies Re cove red. A special from Paris says: Fourteen bodies have been recovered from the floods caused by the rising of the river Garonne, most of them being found near Audi, capital of the de partment of Gerr, on the river Gerr, west of Toulouse. It is feared that others have been drowned, as many houses have been swept away. The floods are now subsiding in the province of Gerr, The river Save has overflowed at Isle-en-Doden, de stroying forty houses and drowning thirteen people. At St. Laurent three people have been drowned and thirty houses have been swept away. Only Three Were Saved. Advices from Calcutta state that the British hark, Overdale, Captain Rob erts, bound for South America, came into collision with the steamer Bandua oft' Hooglily Poini, near the mouth of the westernmost branch of the Ganges and sank almost immediately. All on board were drowned, except the cap tain, pilot and one seaman. PRESIDENT RECEIVES OVATION. His Arrival In Canton Occasions Much Rejoicing. President McKinley and party reached Canton on the 10:30 train Saturday and were met at the depot by the citizens of the city en masse. A large proportion of the populace march ed in a parade to receive and escort the party, bands, military companies, old soldiers and the organizations of last fall’s campaign being conspicuous in the line. Thousands of others went to the depot unorganized and the crowd there was almost equal to that of the Ist of March, when the presi dent departed for the inauguration. HEAT CAUSES BIG FIRE. Iron and Stool Works at Akron Burn, Entailing a Loss of 100.000. A special from Akron, 0., says: The shafting department of the Akron Iron and Steel Company’s works was completely destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss was SIOO,OOO, fully covered by insurance. The building was 200 feet long and two stories high. It was equipped with mueh valuable machinery which, together with a large amount of fin ished steel and iron, was lost. The fire was caused by the intense heat. OF SMALL CONSEQUENCE. The Indian Trouble Can Soon Be Adjusted Without Difficulty. Adjutant General Breek at Washing ton received a telegram Saturday morning from General Coppinger, commanding the department of the Platte, Omaha, July 2, in regard to the alleged Indian trouble at Camass Prairie, saying that all reports of a dangerous uprising are without foun dation, and that the few Indians now off the reservation will soon be re turned without trouble, NEW BOUNTY AMENDMENT Prove* a Temporary Stumbling Block t* Tariff Maker*. The senate Saturday afternoon com pleted the first rending of the tariff bill, administration sections and all. All effort to fix the final vote proved futile, and the bill went over till Mon day. When the senate met there was some hope that the filial vote would lie reached by night, but this was speedily dispelled by the storm occa sioned when Mr. Allison reported a new amendment from the finance committee fixing a bounty of J of a cent a pound on beet sugar made from beets grown in the United States. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, speaking for the minority, soon took occasion to say that no vote could be reached on the bill in the near future in view of this bounty amendment. He inti mated also that tho debate would be very protracted from this time for ward. Mr. Teller, of Colorado,supplement ed this view, saying that the appear ance of such au amendment at tho last moment looked as though the republi cans were trying to delay tho passage of their own bill. As it had become apparent that the bounty provision might cause serious delays, Mr. Thurs ton, of Nebraska, one of the prime movers, arose and in impressive tones withdrew the amendment, saying his action was inspired by patriotic mo tives and for the purpose of removing all obstacles to the passage of the bill, and his colleague, Mr. Allen, immedi ately renewed the bounty proposition, so that the complication was the same as before. Later in the day Mr. Allison sought to have a time fixed for the vote, but the bounty amendment stood in the way and all appeals to Mr. Jones were in vain. Mr. Allison filially gave no tice that he would expect to pass the bill Monday or'Tuesday. Besides the bounty amendment, Mr. Allison proposed later in the day au amendment for stamping bonds, de bentures, shares of stock, etc., which went over until Monday. Among the features disposed of Saturday were the anti-trust sections, the provisions of the Wilson act oil that subject being re-enacted. ILLINOIS MINERS OUT. Two Thousand Mon of Spring Valley Down I'ick and Sliovol.^jß The '2,(100 miners of SpSadjj 111., quit tlieir places in went out on strike Saturday. On account of this suspension the company lias not been able to stock up its customers to any great extent, wbicb is decidedly in favor of the miners. The miners of Spring Valley are not in good circumstances and many of them will suffer if the strug gle is protracted. Telephone messages from Seaton ville, Ladd, Marquette and other min ing camps in the vicinity report that the miners at those places will join the national movement and there wiiTbe 3,000 idle men within six miles of Spring Valley, exclusive of LaSalle and Peru. The men say they are de termined to remain out until the price of mining is raised. Miners, many of whom are in bad circumstances, brought on by the ccintinued reduc tions that have been forced upon them during the past four years, have the sympathy of business men. GEN. GORDON DECLINES. Says He Will Not He a Candidate for Gov ernor of Georgia. A movement was inaugurated at Atlanta the past week to induce Gen. John B. Gordon to become a candi date for governor of Georgia next fall. A meeting of the General’s friends was held at the Kimball house and a committee was appointed to wait on General Gordon to ascertain if he would permit the use of his name as a candidate for the democratic nomina tion for governor. General John B. Gordon was inter viewed Saturday by the Associated Press, and said: “Under no consideration will I be a candidate for governor of Georgia or any other office again. My political career is at an end.” Indorsed Chicago Platform. The democratic general committee of Erie county, N. V., met at Buffalo Saturday and by unanimous resolution decided in favor of reaffirming devotion to the principles of the democratic party as enunciated by the national convention held in Chicago last July. PREPARING FOR STRIKE. Coal Consumers Are Laying In Large Sup plies In the West. St. Louis coal operators, most of whom own mines in Illinois, arm pre paring for the threatened strike and so are consumers of the city. Orders enough have been received during the past five or six days to put iu operation all the mines in the south ern and central part of Illinois. The St. Louis coal market was never in a more demoralized condition. It is doubtful if the miners of the Belleville, 111., district will quit work in a body. They are poorly organized and there is a lack of concert among them. Mass meetings are being held to determine on plan of action. TIN PLATE WORKERS VICTORIOUS Manufacturer* Agree to an Advance of Over Fight I*er Cent. A special from Pittsburg, Pa., says: The skilled tin plate workers identi fied with the Amalgated Association of Iron and Steel workers scored a decisive victory Saturday They se cured an advance in wages and a pro tective clause that tin plate mills will not manufacture sheet iron. The workers are jubilant aud look upon the future with hope, as it is claimed the signing of the remaining scales of the association is but a ques tion of time. FEW FAVORS FOR SOUTHERNERS. Not Many of Them Will Get Recognition From the Administration. A-large’ number of promotions were announced ill the pension aud war de partments at Washington Saturday. Naturally very few of the soft places go to southerners under this aminis tvation. Among the lucky ones, how ever, are Levi E. Johnson, of North Carolina; Paul Brodie, of South Caro lina; James Doyle, of North Carolina, and C, Walker Turner, of Alabama,