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Show THE SALT 'LAKE TIMES. r . .... .i - r .' .. - ..ii lOAST EDITIOrJ SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, FRIDAY. MAY 8, 18.)1. C' , v, - VOL.5. NO. 189. SILVER AND LEAD QUOTATION Silver, New York, 03 Silver, Lcnilon 41 3-- Lead. Ktw York 4.20 HARRISON AT BOISE CITY. A Enthusiastic Reception at the Beautiful Cpttai of Idaho. l'.oi"t. Ci I v, Idaho, 41 y 8. The presi-dential party ent :ird the state- about ii o'clock thin morning ami arrived fcero al 7. i'lio visitor wcr: received ut tlio station by Governor W iley, ..l.iyor Fiu-no- y mid general conimitte and escorted through the city to tb stand opposite the capitol. The governor inado an addles of veleouio on behalf of tho si,no and iho mayor on bululf of the city. Response were made by tlui president, l'natinastcr General Wanauiaker and Secretary Ku-k- . The president then held a re-ception in the capital, some 15.000 peo-ple shaking hi him 1. Meantime Mm. Harrison and other ladies of tho parly held u reception fur the ladies at the KuiTiuaa ho..6D. lit LI.IoN AND ORE IlEeEIPTs. Wells, fargo it Co. bullion, $IOo; lead and silver ores, $i,J,4:i:( total, $ib.-l!MI- . Mel'oniick it Co Hammer bnllioit, (MM); lend and silver ores, iTS750; total, :j(io. T. 1!. Jones & Co Lead anil silver ores, T."0J. Salt Lake CD.rlcr 1 1 Today's cleanup, $l5,0"t; name day last year. today's cult bal-ance, iio,;."!;. MlrLNTAINS OF WATKii Aa & wful Flood Must Boon Sweep Towa tii Iiio Gr.icda C-- rr ring Dis- - truction with It. i j ALL THE ETEEAMo SUNNING FULL Ad! the Jlcttutains Dripping with Water tlut : Forcing Itself Through Snow from 4 to 25 Feat Deep. Santa Fe, X. M., May S. "Mount- - ains of water" is the way the, court j oflie-- M w ho have jut returned from the .slerrn Amanitas put it in speaking of v hat tncy saw on the w ay. They say that the half ha not been told of the flood that mint soon swoop dowu the V. a Grande. At CunibrcM Hill, Colorado, snow stands tip beside the Denver & Bin Grande section six feet and thencB it extend for miles, covering the wholo range as far as the Belted Gorge and ranging in depih from four to twenty five feet. All tho streams are running banks full. Ciiama, Rio Brascos, Wolf creek and fi butary streams ire rushing rivers. In places it is said the w hole mountain side is covered with water trickling out from under the snow banks on lop ami breading over tho face of the decline, in every direction. Thus far the weather has continued rool in that section, hence the Hoods that have pissed do not begin to indicate what may follow. At Valverde, above San Marcial, much laud is under water, and there is also trouble iu the La Jara bottoms. Tim Silvrr Purchases. V sAiiiNi, kin, May 8. Four hundred and fourteen thousand ounces of silver were purchased today at prices rang-ing from OS. 15 to ".is.sO. iiili'Epi mwi The Preliminary Work on the Great Ool- -! oracio and Wyoming Pipe Line Will Couinicnca at Once. CHIEF OF TOLIOE OF DENVEE. i . John F. Farloy Succeeds Himself Tho Paciilo bhort Lino to be Sold Two Women Killed by Lightning. Special to The Time. Denver, May 8. The return of Geo. L. Aggers from Europe and work he has accomplished I here forecasts the most important move tending toward the progression of this city that could posehly be undertaken. The legisla-tures of Colorado and Wyoming have already been apptoaehed. and have granted the Wyoming and Denver Pipe Line company the necessary rights to condemn private lands in this stale and Wyoming and to take suf-ficient of the slate lands for their purpose. The legislature of the latter state has in a more liberal spirit granted a '.'(( foot right of way throughout its territory. A syndicate has been formed with a capital of if l.Oiiil.oDD to acquire rights of way lands and the combined interests of the companies mentioned. After that has been accomplished and all prelim-- j iuarics reported and satisfactorily vesiigated and settled this syndicate will be merged in another one of which the capital is five millions, sufficiently large to produce the oil. pipe and pump it into this city and supply every factory w ith cheap fuel and give the city of Denver the same boom impetus that has established J'ittsbnrg, Pa., as the iron center of the I'nited Stales today. ItnM for Enport. New Youk, Mav 8 coin to tho amount of $;."e,i(l) whs ordered for sh puient to Kurope Saturday. The tolal this week is $,'i. Till. 0,10. An addition !fl.M);).oim in gold coin was taken for shipment to Kurope row. A PHILADELPHIA BANK BREAKS. Th Sjirloa ir,lii.r N,.tloul CauupalUd to Clot IU Duurs. riitEAttEU'iiiA, May 8 The Spring Gardner National hank closed its dour at 11 o'clock this morning. ' The bank was closed by order cf Na-tional Hank Kxumincr Drew. The following uotics is posted on the door by order of thu coiuptrollor of ihtf currency: Thislimk Is cl.neit until f:irtiir nolice. siigi.eit W 1'. WiiKW, National Uank Essmiuer. 1 he news of ihe closing spread rajiid-l- y and a largo crowd soon collectud, but admittance was denied to all. . I'rcsideul Kennedy scut out tho fol-- ' low ing note: "We have this morning decided to place the bank in the hanits of the national bsnk examiner, 'i hi is forced upon us principally by tho hu ge withdrawal of deposits during tha linancial stringency last September, and the continued dullness of buiduess since. To UiOel tiiese demand oil our reserves it was found impossible to realize rapidly on the assets. Wo hope the suspension will bo only temporary, lint litiie. information as to the bank's real position could bo learned, as the ollicials, directors and Examiner Drew were in consultation and could not be seen. Among the crowd of stock-holders and depositors who gathered on the street iu irotit of the baUK the feeling prevailed that the closing of the liauk would prove but temporary, and lin y would recover their money. t The I'cuiisj ivania Trust company, which made au assignment this morn-ing, is ready a part of tho bank, but is said to be solvent, the assignment being simply for protection against a run. The eapiial stock of the bank is $T5n,j(J0. lu.ly paid iu an 1 by the Feb-ruary statement the reserve fund amoui'i'd iu round figures to 8150,000. 1 he bank's line of deposits amount, to about iJ.lMJ.u.iO and Hie city cf J'hila-dei,.ii-w hich had j HM.OOi) locked up in liie broken Keystone bank HRa-- siiliei s tt the extent of : Ki i.l'lO. W tji'll ihe run was made on Keystone bnk last f.ili, a r in iii run was also made jou the Spring (iarden bank but tho bank met il without didieuily. Outside bank idliciais are not gur prised at tho failure. They say it bad been ior some time in a weak condi-tion, and tnat in inner financial circles ol the city it w as nown that unless the: bank received a.d from some influen-tial ipiarter it would get into troublu. i Still Anni her Urrnk. rii!i..vio.i.riiiA, May H. The Tenn-sylvani- a Safe Deposit and Trust com-pany, which has its office in the Sprug (iarden National bank building, made au assignment this afternoou. JACK TARS IN DEMAND- - Til Smvy lt.pMrtitiiil: Can't (,t Ma K'iohkIi i.i Al.u Oar ships. Washington, May 8. The navy is slid in sure trails to find able bodied seamen enough to man our slops. Nearly all the recruits tint law allows l.tivi) bun Uken ou and yet there are not ciiougn nu u to go round. The l uiled Slates ship Lancaster is in California ready to go lo llliiia, but she is short of her complement ol men by at least eighty men. The Miauto-mai- l is ai New Vurk ready to go into comminsioii, but ; Lie re aio no sailors to man her. Jt is said at lh navy department that there must be u pro rata scaling down of the complements of all our ships at least until congress meets and enlarges the force. J he sipiadion now at Nor-folk will he the hint to feel the reduc-tion, il is undei stood theCh.i i jo lose seventy and the f ioslou and Ai.uMa sixty men each, CHASE OFTilE ITATA. The United Statea Go7f rnment will TrolV ably Try to Hual Oil tin Euuaway Warship- - OHILE MIGHT DEMAND DAMAGE, Heoanre tha United fjtatts Allowed a Eobel Vt-ss- to Take oa Supplies at One of liar Ports. WAsritN(iT(f, May 8,The policy ol tiie government with respect to the es capo of the Chilean vessel Data is still an ofiicial secret. Secretary Tracy ami other oflicials this morning refuse to discuss tte maitor. There can be no doubt of the fact that the government is extremely anxious to exhibit all pos sible zeal in the ell'ort to recapture th vessel, iu order to avoid any unpleas-ant consequence that might arisi through the fir. scutation of a claim foj damage in behalf of the Chilean but naval officers are very skeiitic.il of the ability of our ships to recapture the llala tinder tho circum-standin- g her flight. Jt id not possible to get any definita or authoritative answer to the question as to wheiher the Charleston will lit sent after the Itala. All the informa-tion vouchsafed is that the Charleston was ordered two weeks ago lo coal up and get ready for sea at the earliest moment. The formalities attending l he president's reception at San Fran cisco necessarily delayed these prepara-tion, but it is understood that they art now actively under way. S.ngle handed, even" the Charleston would have great dilliculty in catching the llala. 'f he latter vessel may be 501) miles ahead of the Charleston w hen tha latter start on the chase, and the vari-ation of a point or two in the coin pass iu steering, the course would soon sep-arate tho two vessels by many leagues, so the Charleston might pas Ihe Itala without knowing it. On this occasion it is probable if tho navy department is really satisfied of it. right to seize the Chilean Vessel ou tha high seas and determined to do so it must rely largely ou the I'nited State vessels in the south. So far it is said no move has been made in that direction, but the depart-ment may at any moment cable Ad-miral McCanu. who is ou the Chilean coal with the 1'ensacsla and Baltimore and to Kirowu, who is on the San Fran-cisco, somewhere off I'eru, to endeavor to head off the rnnaway. The San Francisco story that Hnlma-ceda- 's armed transport, the Imperials, is hovering off the coast of Calilornia to capture to data is said at the navy department to be without foundation for Admiral MeCoun last report showed that a mouth ago tho Impe-rial was shut up in Valparaiso harbor by the insurgent fleet and it would be manifestly impossible for her to have reached California in a mouth. WHERE HAS THE MONEY CONE. A ftmw Ilitiiip.hlr. l ompnor t iiitli hoiiw.tltni uf a "Miirn'i Ni.M Nasiii-a- . N It., May 8. --- a meeting of the stockholders of thu Hay Statu Shoe company yesterday, se-rious charges were made against the management and the officers were ousted from their positions. For three years the company paid 10 per cent dividends, but il is alleged a receut ex-amination of the books of the concern shows that every ceut of it came out of money paid in as capital stock. These books siiow over $.'110,111)0 spent and no trace can be found of 11 17,000. FLASHES FROM THE WIHES. Sleighing was yesterday reported at rfolU.Coiiu. W. ('. Woodford hns broken the sleep f a t . H w ist without sleep tor I, 8 bn'irs mi l,i minutes. Mrs. James ti. Maine, jr., is very anlon-- i to retain hai'-- e of her old ! i.ut siiys Hi.- - uoesn't care .'(:' diior'-e- 'The lierlin correspondent of the Lod- - don Dally says III" Italian Ins nh Hie i:v,ily n'ncwmi; llm iM'e.MiiKl five years. Walter M. Craves of Denver, Colo., has t,Bn appointed smieriiitend nt of lrrka tioti i,u the Cimv reservation in Montana, at a salary of s;iO per annum. I'liilcd States deputy marshals have ' t een sent b Coowesn.wle district. Cherokee nation, lo make wholesale arrests' of Die negroes lm olistri.'-tci- l the Indian o.tl ers. Serious dmiiailty is.iiuiciii.ued. Another batch of the correspondence Secretary H;.nn and Kir Julian I'aiiiiiffote on the Hchrlnu n'v j i:. t .0:1 "as ni:ul pub lc jesterday. S.,1 islun y a error is I ,. 1 out in jilaln laiiKuae. The queen-regen- t of Spain having been appointed umpire In the dispuH' between Coluinl'ia and Vene.uela over the b mnilary lines beiMeen those repulilles, has reiiiloied a lied,,, a lu favo" of Colunilila. It jslves Die Kluile of t Do lioajiro, S.in t iiusilno and Aram:a territories. 'I'll ! largest single private sale of farm lands ever m:. loin Sunli iak da was run-- mii'i-.l r.:ay. William tlliiMKowe of Hull. KnTlimd, sold H...OM a. re- - ot laud in .Inn i:ivt-- r valley to Dm New Voru Dan I and company of Huron. T:ie eoinpany now own 10 i.uw acres iu Hie artesian basin. 'ihe American Midical association 4 elected Dr. II. . Mary of Hostoli president. A Among Die is Dr. W. K. Tajr-- .. ; lorof California. The committee appointed V isdilluli eonKivas to create a cabinet officer. t i called seerel'O y of jnlilie, lieallh, ini a port iWUlrtir fc.'h the rA'asons Why sitcb . f.p ofiiceP-Sh.ml- ie appointed. THE PRESIDENT'S TRAIN. Til. Rrerpll.iti fiouiiiltto" B1 000 AiiAit lit Arrival. Special to Thi' Tillies. I'ocATEl.l.o. Idaho, May S. The Salt Lake anil Ogdeu delegations have been lying here since an early hour this morning and are en joying the hospitali-ties of a most thriving little metropolis. Tho Ogden party is headed by Mayor Turner and, the ladies included, number about forty. The weather is cold and most disagreeable making the excursion anything but a picnic. All day long have the patriotic masses of the city been pre-paring for the advent of the presiden-tial train, and the place is now envef rped in a wilderness of national colors Among other features is the arrival of an assembly of one thousand Indians who, in their gaudy trappings, will greet the great father. UNREST IN CENTRAL AMERICA. A ilevull In Honduras- - Tint tu Ov.rthrow the I'r.nlilent ot Conta ICirti. La Libkutad, Salvador, May 8. Advices received here from Honduras state that yesterday morning a force under Colonel Molina and General liar-dale-both of whom are leading the rebels, made an attack upon Ihe ctiar-te- l at AmpaU. 'The guard w ere taken by surprise and the rebels soon gained possession of the cuartel. The govern-ment troops were immediately sum-moned, and a force comprising (iiiO r;en, under command of Colonel liar-rera- , made a movement against the cuartel. Severe lighting followed, but by uoon the government troops suc-ceeded in driving the rebels from tho cuartel, inflicting great them. Among the killed was 'ieneral liar-dales-onj of the rebel leaders. The rebels evidently intend to make an-other attack as soon as reinforcements arrive. Sax Juan dki. St k, Nicaragua, May 8. Frotu ofiicial sources it is learned that on April !!0th a conspiracy was discovered in San Jose, Costa Kica. to overthrow I'resident Kodriguez. The government immediately requested end Ktk!ved permission I'rom the perma-nent council to suspeuii the const'tu-tiou- . and the conspirators were cap-tured. Jvverythiog now U quiet. Frotu other sources it is learned that the rev-olutionists attacked the barracks at San Jose, but were repulsed, five being killed. Madrid, May 8. The officials of the Costa Kicau legation here deny that a revolution has broken out in their country. 'They declare that peace and ordt r prevails throici nut the country. COSTA RICA WILL TAKE PART. Tliat OoTrnni-n- t Will fir Kit a llulldlm l th. VV orlil'a Fair. Wasiiind toN, May 8. A cablegram received al the Latin department of the World's Coliim'iian exposition from Lieuleuant Schrivcn, coiiinussoner to the Central Americas is as f illows: "Costa Kica lias given assurances of hearty The government will erect its own building at Chicago and appoint live commissioner. Tne national museum of Costa Kica will send valuable exhibits." ' FIRES IN WISCONSIN-Nevrral 1.1vj Ar llrportad l.ott and Towns In Imminent E)anger, Asm. and. Wis.. May 8.- - The city Is enveloped in n dens ! of smoke from the surrounding forest tires. The depart-ment has been husvftill day in the out-skirl- s ot the city tinting the flames. At Washburn a large force of men is at work trying to save the town which is iu great danger. Several iives are reported lost at Marengo. . . The woods along the Omaha road are a imias of flames. - Tim Northwestern road lost several hundred cords of wood at Ashland, and the Ashland Iron and Sieel company lost over oO.oOi) cords at High Lndge. A MK'IIIUAS VILLAGE DKSTKoYKD. F.AM' Ta was, Mich., May 8. Forest (res are raging west of 'l awas. le p:no is burning and Saud Lake hns been destroyed. V ': " "" ' NOT SO SERIOUS AS REPORTED. Th. Ani.riran In ioin. wuh'iiI Mobbud but only hit b)- Ari-idun- Ioistov, May 8. A cablegram has been received from too American enn-u-la- 'e in Florence at thu rll'ieo ol W. W. Jacques ut this city staled lhat Iho re-ported mobbing was not so serious as ilrst supposed Jacq ics and family were out riding and happen, ng lo drive t!. rough a street vh"iv arrest were I made were hit by stones throw u at thu arresting party. THE CRANK FROM PUEBLOi Uixoa Has foe V..Hrs Comluct.d a I.arir tirocary in that City. Special to The Times. Dlnvli:, Colo., May 8. Charles J. Dixon, reported iu yesterday's New York dispatches as having threatened to kill Jay Gould, left 1'uebio several weeks aco on matters of business. He is favorably known and has for years conducted a largo grocery (here. H was declared insane at New York yesterday. Hautkokd, Conn., Mav 8. Associa-ted Press. Chas. J. Dixon, arrested in New York yesterday for threatening to kill Jay Giuid belongs here. His relations who are wealthy will have him placed in an asylum. AMERICAN FORK NOTES. Only Want to Ha i'rvaidtint Ilarrliua fora F.w Sllnut.a, John J. Gushing of American Fork has been in the city today endeavoring to perfect arrangements to have tha president's train stop a few minutes in that cily. Jt would seem prob-able that his efforts have been successful. The citizens there thought it would be a pity for the president to come to ITah and leave without seeing the most important city in the territory. Tliero is not to bo much of a demon-s- i ration, only the Sunday and day school children arranged on the plat-form so they may see the man whp guides the destinies of a republic. HE WAS NOT ORTHODOX. Transferred frnni th. IhKoLtgriral Depart-ment of tho Victoria Univ.rttty. Tokonto, M-i- 8. Thi! board of re-gents of the Victoria university, the, chief Methodist university ot Canada, has relieved Lev. Dr. Workman of tho professorship of theology in that insti-tution and transferred him to Ihe arts department, because of Ins heterodoxy. TiiE TRANSIT OF MERCURY. It Will Ocru- - Tomorrow, and Will ba Vli-lli- le iu tha I'nltod Ntitea. Washington, Mav 8. The general instructions to observers respecting the transit oi Mercury on Saturday have bet u issue I from the uaval observatory as follows: "Ihe attention of tho astronomical observers is invited to the transit of Mercury over the disk of the sun, which will occur .' lay il, 1SSU, and will be partly visible throughout the United Stale's, its accurate observation is of great importance. Lvery effort should therefore be, made to have it carefully observed by all w ho possess the neces-sary equipment. The naval observ-atory will be glud to receive observa-tions of the transit from as many sta-tions i;s possible. THE LATEST NEWS. The Prra.deatial C.rrmnnlra to Ooear On Hour Earlier Thau Announced. Mayor Scott sends out the following: Thn presidential party will leavs tha car at Salt Lake depot at 7 o'clock. All ceremonies will bo one hour earlier than heretofore aunounced. A WAR iN auJfH AFRICA. The Hoera Assembling to Kxtabliab tin lie- - pub'le of th i North. London, May 8. Speaker I'eel an-nounced in the commons yesterday the conviction and sentence of Captain Verm y. Goscber. said the house would consider the matter Tuesday next. to a question in regard to the reported Boer "trek" being prepared lor an invasion of Mashoualand, Man-icalan-and other South African terri-tory for tho purpose of establishing the Jiepublicof the North, the war secretary intimated that troops were being sent to JSritish Hechuatiabtrd to oppose the proposed "trek." This an-nounced movement of Itoers and in-timated counter movement of ISriiish troops in liechuanaland seems to be a prelude to another "Utile war" in South Africa. It is understood that th-- ! force which the liners intend to assemble is 2'i.nou nioii. It will require many move lirit-is- n troops than are now available in South Africa to make any practical stand against this force, as the Boers are dead shots and capable of suffer-ing tho most severe hardships without complaint. SCARED BY A METEOR. The I'enplo of Toxat flailtr Frighted by a Si ii In the N'cy. VicKOKtA, Texas, May 8. A large meteor passed over this section last evening causing considerable conster-nation. It came from the northeast and w as seen or heard all along the line of the railway from Kosenbcrg to Goliad, a distance of about l'.'O miles. About tlie time it reached this vicinity it exploded with a tremendous report. A COLORED BRUTt HANCED. lie bad (,'uiiiin,tteti a Crimiual Aiiaault I'jhiU a Vnlini; tiii-1-. Maksiiall, Mo., May 8. William Trice, colored, was hanged in the jail yard hery at 11:U o'clock louav lor criminal assault on Miss Alice Ninas, vv l.ich so preyed upon her tiliud that she committed su.cidci. tlermauy Uettinjr Heady for tbe Fair. Hli.i.in. May 8. Tho reichstag; btulgbt cf mmiitee approved the grant of $.'3,000 to defray the cost of the s.eps to bo taken in order to enable Germany to make a suitable participa-tion iu tho Chicago world's fair. TarllTSharps in ion. New Yortc, May 8. The conference of the Tinited Stales senate on tho tariff was resumed today. David A. Wells, the economic writer, gave the committee the resuit of his experience. BASET DIED FROM EXPOSURE. The l)ir-OYr- of Dili. Remains Csustt F,x- - ritsmi-ri- t at Monument, Colo. Special to Thu Tones. Di'iNviiK, May 8. Monument was thrown into a state of irreat excitement yesterday over the discovery of the re-mains of Herman liuset, who hud cvi died from exposure in the storms of a month ago. THE PARIS BOURSE PANICKY. Three I'tr Cent lientet Take a Sudden Drop; 4tai 1 ortuguene Honda. Pauls, May 8. The bourse was panicky at 'i:l p. m., when three per cent rentes for account were dowu to U'--'f 00c. The market afterward re-covered. 1'ortugiicse bonds dropped to 47, four points boiovy the price quoted Wednesday, but subsequently advanced, and closed at 48. Kuinors are current that a prominent operator was in dilliculty and had dis-appeared, but these reports are au-thoritatively denied. ; THE NICARAGUA CANAL. REPORT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE WOfiK NOW IN PROCHESS. All Knciuoera of tbe Feasibility of the Koine and or the Derivations ul the l'lni: Warner .Ylilli r De-scribe! the Work. Washington. May P. lion. Warner Miller, president of tne Nicaragua Ca-nal company, returned lastnight from a visit of iiisocction in Nicaragua. In au interview ho makes tho most encour-aging report of canal affairs. Tho two dredges now al work have alreioly ex-cavated the canal for a distance of half a mile to a width of T0 feet and a depth of seventeen feet. Two other dredges will follow these and complete the excavation to a depth of thirty feet, which is to ba the depth of the com-pleted canal. T he company's railroad along the line is now completed ten miles, and two more milej are graded nml ready for track laying. Tim rail-road will extend to a point ou the San Juau river called Oehoa, where the river is to be dammed. This dam will raise the water of the Sun Juau river up to the level of Lake Nicaragua and till the canal from that, point to Lake Nicaragua, a distanco of sixty-fiv- e miles. After inspecting the work at Grey-tow- n and ou tho railroad the. party made a march through the wilderress near the line of the canal to Ochoa. This was a work of great dilliculty, e the entire distance was through an almost impenetaable tropical forest. The only paths through this forest were those made by the engineers and sur-veyors. The distance whs some thirty-liv- e or forty miles, which the parly succeeded in covering in three days, thus examining the actual lino of the proposed canal, enabling all nf the en-gineers to judge of the character of the work to be done and of the mater-ial rock anil earth that had to be moved. They were entirely satisfied by the examination. The distance lrom the lake to the Fnoific on the western side is about six-teen miles. The country there is gen-erally elearsd, settled and cultivated. On Ibis account the party were enabled to make investigation of tho line on horseback. Three days were spent in examination of the line of tho canal, from which ihe forest has almost all been cleared. The point where the canal leaves the lake for the Pacific is the lowest point of land iu Nicaragua, and presents ihe fewest obstacles lo Ihe cutting of the canal The highest point is only II feet above the water of the lake. No difficulties of anv kind present them-selves on this siil. It is simply a mat- - ter of removing a cerltin amount of earth, and Ihe three locks which are to be built will bring the canal down to the level of the l'ncifie ocean. All the engineers expressed them-selves as entirely satisfied of the feasi-bility of the route and of the pirl'cetion ol" the plans of the engineers of the!, canal. i Ihe Jlecord ol Death. Columbus, i)., May Frcderieh Fci.scr, editor ol the Hcstboto lrom 18-l- :t to ISbi and at one time editor of the Cineiiidatti Yolksblutt, died this morn-ing, aged HO. vv AsitiSD i on, May 8 Professor Jul-ius L. lidgard. late superintendent of the United Stales coast survey, died at his home here this morning Sydney. Aus., May 8 sir John Uob-ertso-formerly proiuier of Victoria is dead. The Inlltieuza in Kurope. London, May 8. Returns show a serious increase in the death late in Kngiand. This is largely attributed to influenza. Influenza is also raging in Alsace, Lorraine and the Rhine dis-tricts. THE PLAY OF THE LIGHTNING. Two Wniiiifl Jnataiitly Hilled at Alaconda, Kan,, I.HMt Night. Special to The Times. Alaconda, Kans., May 8. During a thunder storm last night tho residences of Mrs. Hartley and of Mrs. James Folkes were struck by lightning, in-stantly killing both ladies. EVERY MAN HIS OWN SILK WORM. A Syrian Inventor la Frrpanne; to K. a New Industry in I'n.ted si;t. New York. May 8. Klias Khousi. a Syrian, landed here yesterday. He is a native of Damascus, and comes in the interests of Mousa Khousi, the famous Syrian invenior, whose nephew he is, to establish a new industry. Mousa re-cently dissected a silk worm, sttiding the stomach, containing fibres of tiie leaves and twigs of a mulberry tree. The result of bis study led him to be-lieve that silk could bo produced inde-pendent of the silk worm, and ailer many failures he is said to have evolved a process for manufacturing siik from the leaves add twigs of the mulberry tree, and has sent his nephew to this country to start a factory, w hich will probably be started in the state of Georgia. A I'arii Oram Firm Falla. Paud;, May 8. It is rumored that Kphruzzi A Co., one of the largugj grain linns here, has failed. )tMi;:!it! Labor Troublea. Brussels, May 8 The miners and others to the number of about 100,000, now ou a strike iu Belgium lor iewer hours of labor and for electoral reform, have through theircentral organization demanded that the dock laborers of Antwerp boycott the coal laden steam-ers exueclod to arrive at that port soon. KverythtiiK is Lovely. Milwaukee, May 8. A settlement of the stonecutters' strike has been and this is probably the begin-ning of the end of the trouble in the building trades. The contractors and stonecutters mutually agreed to recog-nize the organizations of each other in ihe adjustment of disputes, and the journeymen will work with men of other trades, no matter w hether they are union or non-unio- men. The wages of competent journeymen were fixed at $1 a day. BIG FIRE AT ERIE, COLORADO. A Nunibur of Ituildinua Destroyed Lous Estimated at 5000. Special to The Times. Denver, May 8. At Eric, Colo., a disasterous lire swept over the town last evening, destroying a number of buildings. The loss is estimated at 15000. The Kempton i'ark Kacfi. London, May 8. At the Kempton Park May meeting today, the principal race was for the spring ..' year-ol- plate of 81)00 sovereigns. Winegall won; Smew second; Desdemona third. LATE LOCAL- - II. T. Haines, late of the Denvel News, i doing local w ork on the Trib-une. Jons Petor Ilokanson was arrested for contempt today in failing to obey an order lo pay $73 iu the divorce proceed-ings. The old soldiers the blue and the gray will gather at Grand Army hall at 7 o'clock in the morninr; and will march to the depot with the First Brig-ade band of thirty-si- x pieces and escort tho president's party to the Walker house. Captain J. Y . Greeman w ill be iu command. The Ilueolier Hay Ferry, Ottawa, May 8. Parliament has been notified of the coming measure to authorize the Victoria it North Amer-ican Railway company to operate a ferry between Beecher bay, near Vic-toria, and some point on the Straits of Fuca. in the United States. This ferry is said to be part of a huge scheme to connect Vancouver island with the American system of railroads. A f.iadstHiiinn Defeat. London, May 8. At the election held yerterday in the South Do.-e- tt division, Bryraer, conserv ative candidate defeat, i ed Kdgecumbe, the Gladstone nominee by parly votes. j DISAFFECTED NEWFOUNDLANDERS. Tha Prnpoaad Action of tbe Kritlsh lSltterly Denounced. St. Johns, N. F., May 8. The assem-bly met last night and discussed the Dord Knutsford coercion bill at length, ann amid much excitement finally adopted a resolution denunciatory of the action proposed to be takeu by the British parliament. Tho populace is considerably exercised over the affair and entirely in sympathy with the ac-tion of the assembly. THE PACIFIC SHORT LINE. To be Mold at Itect-lv,- Kale WDhin the Neit Forty Days. Special to Tlio Tdiie-- . Denvi.1;, May 8: Reports from Sioux Cily are to the effect that the Pacific Short Line will be sold at receiver's sale within the next forty days. . . Chicago Markets. CuicA'-.o-, May Wiieat Firm ;casa, Sim July .ittyi ?,. Com-riiea- dy; c.u.b 4.65; May M; July .SU'i. Oats - Ea-y- ; cash Wii July I 4r. I'm vtrm: Julyl4.I0, Da' d- - Firm : cash ta.ltb; July 460? ',, Uttiley Nominal. A Ponded Warehonae llurni-d- , Rotterdam, N. Y., May 8. The state bonded warehouse and the greater portion of its contents were burned this morning. The damageestimated at $1,250,000. An Appraiser's Clerk Arqu!ttd. Philadelphia, May 8. George C. Baker, formerly a cleik in the apprais-er's stores here, was acquitted in the United States district court of the charge of altering the records of tho polariscopic tests of sugar consigned to Clans Spreckels. 'by which it was claimed the government had lost thousands of dollars. DENVER'S CHIEF OF POLICE- - lobe F. Farley East I vcnlnir Selected to Succeed Itim-el- f. Special to TI 0 Ttm"8. Denver. Colo.. May 8. John F. Far-ley w as last evening selected to succeed himself as chief of the Denver police department. Tbe I'erstcuted dew. London, May 8. The News' corres-pondent at Moscow says; "The ex-pulsion of the Jews continues. More harsh measures are expected with tho approach of the Faster holidays. Neither baptism nor appeal to foreign consuls avails to secure escape. Life Not Worth 1,1 rln. Cleveland, O.. May 8. L. Newtr n Klein, a member of tho wholesale clothing firm of Goodhart, Klein ifc Koch, suicided this morning by shoot-ing. New York Money and Sleeks. New Yohk, May 8. Stocks steady generally at small fractions better than opening prices. Money, easy at fif'S Eouni coupon-- , 'Ji; Pacific sixes IS; Central Pm ii c. ai ; AteNison, IW'i; Hurtlng-to- K"t ' ; Denver A Km lirande, IKs, Northern Dad c. av ; preferr-d- . 7ns,; Northwestern, ' New York Central. 8 '; Oregon Navlfra-- ; tlou. . ; North American. , Co-til- c Ma.il,: 3i''t ; Kocli Island, 7!' , : St. Lo.i s .t Sun Fran-- ' Cisco, -- : St. Paul AOii;aaa,'J5 ii : Texaa Pacit:e,i n : Union Pac.no. w; I'iU'.-- ilxprese, 1i)A ' Western L'ulou, bi:. A Pat Mo In K mucky. Catti ' siti Ky.. M.n 8. Last niulit a double shooting took place in P,ke county between Frank l'hiliips, i t' Hailif notoriety, and John Woodward, against Frank and John! Fralie.s. Flank Francis was killed by Woodward, and Phillips was fatally ' w uuuded by Frauds. ji The Vienna Printers Strike. Vienna, May 8. The compositors throughout this city have gone on a strike for nine hours a day, no overtime and the abolition of the rule requiring tho compositor to give notice before leaving irn place ol employment. i To Continue th C ks Fight. Scon dale. Ph., May 8. A meetiug of the exei'iitivu board was held last night and it was resolved by the fctrik- - era lo coutiuiy; the strike for bix weeks, j Tenny Will Pe.itiTely Start. New York, May H. The announce-ment is made here today that J enny will positively start in the Brooklyn ftandicap unless the track be very bad. The National V. M. C. A, K asm City, May The Y. M. C. A. convention today decided on Indian-apolis as the place to hold the next couveutiuu. |