North Carolina Newspapers

TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Two vessels have arrived in this coun- try from the West Indies with yellow 1 1 1 L 1 1 iever on Doara, one at ureuvtsion anu uie Th pending in the Senate to appropriate $150,000 for repairing Admiral Farragut's old frigate .the Hartford.- Shortly af ter midnight Thursday night Adjt.Gen. Tarsney, of the Colorado State Guard was kidnapped from his hotel at Colorado Springs by masked men and taken to Austin Bluffs, where he was 8triDred of his clothing and tarred and f eathered. -The last critical debate in the House of Commons will take place Tuesday, when the spirits and beer duty clauses of the budget will be discussed. The Conservatives will allow no pairs and are making strenuous efforts to reduce the ministerial majority to the minimum, and there is a possibility of defeat. The resolution adopted by the anti-Lords con ference at Leeds has caused much excite ment among the Peers. A leading Tory said the Lords would rather be abolished than submit to curtailment of ; their power.- -Members of Parliament hold a conierence on tne suoject oi, Btrengcnen ing the defences of Gibraltar. The Anti-Gambling league, after paying its respects to Lord Rosebery's horse racing proclivities, has turned it attention to fATTl London, visits his fiancee, Princess Alix. mi m l j oj. t4 . burg September 20th. Queen Victoria -m .v.ui 1.1. 1 ij: The late Lord Chief Justice Coleridge disinherited his , eldest son, who will contest the will. Two hundred miners are entombed by an explosion in a mine in Wales. Their fate is as yet unknown. j The Butler-Tillman discussion at Sumter yesterday was tamer than usual, j A farmer who was declared by Governor ) Tillman to be drunk because, he had i asked the Governor a certain question, wanted him to come 'down from the speaker's stand and take a whipping. When the Governor declined the farmer attempted to get on the stand.- The big race of the Greenwich wheelmen came off at Manhattan yesterday. At that eighty of the men entombed in the j Welsh mine were killed. The Chicago j Derby was won , yesterday by Rey el j Santa Anita, a 40 to 1, with Senator ! 1 3 1 4-.. i: -T- - 1 bion mine up to 11:30 o'clock last night, and many dead bodies had been recov ered. The Atlanta hasa ball club is the next to withdraw from the Southern Base Ball league.- A boy baby is born to the Duchess of York and there is great rejoicing in the royal family. At 2:30 o'clock last afternoon the thermometer registered 95$ in New York city, and there were many prostrations from heat. Base Ball. Brooklyn. June 23.- Brooklyn, 8; New York, 10. Batteries Kennedy ,Daub and Dailey; Meekin and Farrell. Baltimore, June 23. Baltimore. 18; Philadelphia, 10. Batteries McMahon, Hawke and Robinson; Taylor, Lukens and Cross. - Pittsburg, June 23 Pittsburg, 9; Chicago 4. Batteries Colcolough and Merritt; Hutchinson and Schriver. St. Louis, June 23. St ' Louis, 14; Cleveland, 3. Batteries Breitenstein and Peitz; Griffith and Zimmer. Cincinnati, June 23 First game Cin cinnati, 5; Louisville, 1.. Batteries Chamberlain and Vaughan; Stratton and Earle. Second game Cincinnati, 8: Louis ville, 2. Batteries Tannehill and Mur phy; Menafee and Grim. . Washington, June 23. Washington, 5; Boston, 13. Batteries i3per, mercer and McGuire; Stivetts and Ryan. Judge Mclver Stricken -with Paraly- fits. ' Correspondence of toe Messenger. ,: 1 Laurinburg, June 23. " Private letters from relatives of Judge James D. Mclver, to friends here, say that he has been stricken with a form of paralysis that has caused him very nearly to lose the use of his right side. He rode the Twelfth Judicial district this spring, succeeding Judge Armfield who was sick last fall. Consequently, the work of the district-was ull, and ) very heavy on Judge Mclver. From ; February until the middle of June he ' worked almoet incessantly, and just as he was restored again to his family, while attending church lastSunday,uaturegave way and ho lies now prostrate from over work and great change of climate, so the doctors say. His physi cians hope that rest and care will gradu ally restore him. No binder, nobler or better man ever sat upon the bench. The people love him and many will be the prayers that will go up for his early re covery. Mr. James P. McRae, who married the Judges lamented daughter, is in attendance at his bedside. The new Methodist church here is very nearly completed. It is a gem, built upon most approved modern style. It has two Sunday school rooms with a total seating capacity of about 800 or 900. Not "GroverV Wife. Last Monday I took advantage of the Great Bargains at Davis & Zoeler's. I was very much pleased with the Low Prices and te quality of their goods, thai I am going real early in the morn ing and get the pick of their Bargains. j Mrs. Cleveland. ! THE INCOME TAX . A THORN IN TH3 SIDE OP SENATOR HILL. ' He Offers Numerous Amendments to be Immediately Voted Down Sal aries of the President and Fed eral Judges Exempt From its Operation -So Pro ceedings of Conse quence in the Honse SENATE. Washington, June 2S. At 10:80 o'clock the Tariff bill was taken up, the question being on the various amend ments to the income tax provision and SenatorHill became again the central j figure of the proceedings. He started in at once and talked for an hour and three quarters, worrying alike the Senators of his own party and those of the Populist party. He spoke of the latter as ''com ing to the front like the rubbish and dirt in a boiling pot of water" and he said that barbed wire the only thing that it had obtained by its coalition with the Democrats was its'fit emblem. Talking upon the income tax feature of the bill, Senator Hill commented on the fact that the word 'cotton" appeared in italics in the bill, showing that at first the profits on cotton were nof to be ac counted for; and he intimated that the intention had been at first to exempt the profits made from cotton, and that was one indication of sectionalism in the bill. After some remarks by Senator Allen the committee amendments to section 54, the first of the income tax sections, were Rgreedi to without a division. An inquiry was mad by Senator Alli son as to the amendment offered yester day by Senator Vest to reduce the ex emption from $4,000 to $3,000. Senator Vest said he withdrew it. He had offered it under a misapprehension, supposing that his colleagues on the Finance committee favored it. He had learned this morning, ho weyer, that they did not favor. His action had not been influenced by any argument made in the Senate. He took the full responsibility of withdrawing the amendment. L Senator, Hill then offered an amend ment reducing the exemption to $1,000 rejected -yeas, 18; nays, 42. Senator Hill then moved to amend by making the exemption $3,000 rejected yeas, 26; nays, 38. Senator Hill then moyed to make it $2,50o. . Senator Kyle suggested that if Senator Hill would graduate his amendment it would get more votes. The reply of Senator Hill was that he prepared his amendments, and that a graduation proposition , had been voted down yesterday by a pretty large vote. This, he said, was the only practical way of reaching the point. The amendment was rejected yeas, 25; nays, 3a Then Senator Hill renewed the amend ment offered yesterday by Senator Vest, to make the exemption- $3,000, and said that it seemed yesterday to be universally approved. He suggested that the amend ment should be determined by its merits and not by the fact of its being offered by one Senator or by another. This amendment was rejected yeas, 30; nays, 38, and the exemption remains fixed at $4,000. , Senator Hill then moved to postpone for one year the time for the income tax to begin and to end 1896 and 1901 re jected yeas, 26; nays, 41. This finished the amendments to sec tion 54, and section 55 was then taken up. The committee amendments, mostly of. a formal character, were agreed to. Senator Hoar offered the amendment of which he had givenf notice a couple of hours ago to except from the tax in heritances from lineal ancestors or de scendants and between husband and wife rejected, 22 to 33. V Senator Hoar then moved tne same amendment, only restricting it to inheri tances below $5,000 rejected, 21 to 29. On motion of Senator Hoar and with out opposition, an exemption from the income tax was made in fayor of judges of United States courts. Senator Piatt moved to strike out the proviso that only one deduction of fc4. 000 shall be made from the aggregate income of all tne members of a family. The vote on this amendment was yeas, 30; nays, 31. An inquiry was made by Senator Sherman as to the estimated annual yield of the income tax. It was stated in answer by Senator Vest, that it had been estimated at $30,000,000, but that he could find no reliable data for such an estimate. Senator Hill inquired as to the princi ple on which the salaries of United States juages were to De exempted. Senator Vest confessed that that amendment did not commend itself to his judgment. There was much plausi bility, however, in the contention of Chief Justice Taney, that as the Consti tution provided that thet compensation of United States Judges should not be diminished during their term of office. the exaction of an income tax from that compensation would be an infringement of the Constitutibn. Senator Hill then moved an amend ment to apply the same principle to the President of the United States. The President, he said, did not ask it. He (Hill) was not authorized to speak for mm in this or m any- other matter Laughter but he thought that if the salaries of judges were exempt at the personal request of the Senator from Missouri, the same exemptions would be given to the citizen of New York, who now occupied the place of President of the United States. "Mr. President,, said Senator Vest, with good humored satire, "as this is probably the last President we shall have from the State of New York, the appeal is almost irresistible." General " laugh ter, in which Hill himself took part. - "1 am afraid, Mr. resident, senator Hill promptly retorted, 'that if we keep on with this kind of taxation, this will be the last Democratic President from any State in the .Union." Applause in the galleries. . Senator Hill s amendment was agreed to, without opposition, and so the salary of the President is also exempted from the income tax. Senator Hill's next amendment was to strike out the exemption of such United States bonds as are, by the law of their Issuance, exempt from all Federal taxa tion. ;):-.. This amendment was not disposed of. In consequence of the stifling heat in the Chamber, and of the assurance held out by Senator Hale that the remaining provisions of the income tax could be disposed of on Monday, Senator Harris, at 4:30 o'clock, consented to an adjourn ment. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Speaker Crisp resumed his duties to day, and as he rapped the House to or der a ripple of applause swept over the floor at his re-appearance. He showed traces of the effect of his recent illness in both his appearance and manner. 1 he report of, the Committee on .Elec tions in the case of the contest of Wat son against Black in favor of Mr. Black was made to the House by Mr. Lester, of Ga, and placed on the calendar. lhe remainder of the day s session was devoted,ih Committee of the Whole, to the consideration of the General De ficiency bill for the current year. The entire bill, with the exception of the paragraph relating to Indian depreda tion claims, was read, and that subject will come up Monday or Tuesday, when the bill will again be the pending busi ness. No amendments of importance were made. The Senate amendments to the House bill incorporating the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias were agreed to and the measure now goes to the President for his signature. The House then adjourned until' Mon day.'., , . TARRED AND FEATHERED. The Adjutant General of Colorado Kidnapped and Given a Coat of Tar and Feathers by Masked Men. ; Colorado Springs, Colo., June 23 Shortly after midnight Adjt. Gen. Tars- ney, of the Colorado National Guard, was called from his room at the Alamo hotel and informed that somebody at Cripple Creek wished to speak to him over the telephone. When he appear ed to answer he was confronted by a masked man armed with revolvers, who requested him to accompany him. Tarsney called for help but was quickly ciuoDea into suDmission. several more kidnappers appeared and carried him to a sidewalk where two car riages under guard were in wait- in c He was fired into -one narriacft and both carriages were then driven at a rapia rate to Austin .Bluffs. Gen. Tarsney was removed from the carriage and stripped, and a coat of tar and feathers was quickly administered. After this treatment Gen. Tarsney was warned against returning to Colorado Springs. YELLOW FEVER. On Vessels in Two American Ports- Banks Sending Gold to the Trea sury To.Repair the Old Hart ford. Washington, June . 23. Treasurer Morgan was informed late this evening that the U. S. sub-treasury had received to-day $2,800,000 in gold from the banks with promises of more. This increases the Treasury gold reserve t $64,250,000. Surgeon General Wyman, of the Ma rine Hospital service, has been notified by telegraph of the arrival m the United States from the West Indies of two vessels with yellow fever on board. The American vessel Jassamore ar rived at Galveston from Havana with one case of fever on board and two deaths during the voyage. She is quarantined at Galveston, The second vessel was the British brigantine Albatross with two cases on board one severe and the other mild. She is quar antined at the Tortugas station near Key West. . Senator Perkins, of California to-day submitted to the Senate an amendment to the Naval Appropriation bill appro priating $150,000 for repairing Admiral Farragut s old flagship, the Hartford. The Sun's Cotton Review. ? ' New York, June 23. The Sun's cot ton review says: Cotton declined 1 to S points, then recovered most of the loss but closed very dull. The sales were only 22,700 bales. Liverpool was steady and generally unchanged for futures and dull and unchanged on the spot, with sales of 6,000 bales. New Orleans de clined 1 noint. Port receinta wprA 2 012 bales, against 1 ,662 this day last week and iS.lB3 last year, imports to-day were 3,060 bales to Great Britain and .199 to the Continent. The Southern soot markets were generally quiet, and steady at prices snowing no alterations, ro-aay s ieatures were: Thenassaere of the Anti-Orjtinn bill and a little local selling caused a slight aeciine. it was only slight, because Liverpool made practically no response to the Washington news. There is nnifn a general impression that the Hatch bill ii ... . . i i . win never . oecome a law, due, in tne meantime, it nevertheless has a naralvz- ing effect on speculation. Some covering 1 . .. . 1 m dj room operators ana saies ior export oi 1,500 bales caused a little steadier tone toward the close. The crop advices were generaiiyiavoraDie. i r Mattings at 16 cents which sold at 30 cents, seamiess. wear guaranteed at Katz & Polvogt's to-morrow, bargain aay. f THE APEX TRAGEDY. MLSS WIMBERLY NOT DEAD, BUI IN FEARFUL PLIGHT. Mills lis Visited by His Father and Brother Hot Weather Driving People to the Seashore Crops Iraprovins The Women's V V t Missionary Society An 1 Inmate of the Soldiers1 Home Dies. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh,- June 23. Although telegrams from Apex, re ceived yesterday, said that lana Wim berly was dead, and though persons who came from there brought the same news, yet to-day persons who arrived fromrthe home of the Wimberlys brought tidings that sho is yet alive. Two physicians are giving her careful attention. Her injuries are, as you have been informed, terrible. This morning the father and brother of George Mills, the wretch charged with the deadly assault, arrived here and, accompanied by a lawyer, went to the jail to see George. The at torney is the same who some years ago defended Mills when he was charged, r.I- r . . wuu . uifagiDg ma cousin, a marnea woman. - Mills is in a cell on the lower tier of the jai' It is next to the one in. which urange rage, tne murderer, is conhned. In another cell Jiear is the negro who outraged the young white woman in A lamance county last month. George Mills clothes were found to be uiuouy , ouu uuo snerm nas taiten tnem i i i i i. . to ue usea as evidence, ana nas provided Mills with 6ther clothing. The pockets are bloody, this being caused by Mills' handprints. It is said that Mills is weak- minded. He said in laii that if the guards had let him go by his home Thursday night he would have got other clothes. He was then told that if he had been taken there he would not have needed any clothes, for he would' have been lynched. At this he laughed and said: "They Can't get me now, can they?" rtl "5 TTk : : TTT 1 7 Dnerm jfeans, or wnson, orougnt a convict to the penitentiary this morning. The weather has again become very hot and the exodus of people has begun in earnest. The attendance at Morehead City, at one time slack, has greatly in creased. About sixty Raleigh people are there. Many went down to-day. It is said the next crop . report will be more favorable than any recently. There has been rain in a good many sections, with great Deneht. farmers here say their crops generally look well. This applies particularly to cotton. It is re ported, that in some bottom lands the worms continue to cut corn very badly. Tnetti was quite a large meeting last evening of the alumni of Wake Forest college resident here,' and an association was formed with some sixty members. Bishop litzgerald, who is here attend ing the annual meeting of the Women's Missionary society of the North Carolina conference, called at the Executive office this morning and paid' his respects to Governor- Carr. Bishop Fitzgerald will preach to the society to-morrow. To-day's session was largely devoted to "Bright Jewel" work. This evening the local members of this order gave an enter tainment, "The Reign of the Mites." The Masons who were at Oxford yes terday at the celebration of St. John's day, report the day was greatly enjoyed. At the Soldiers' Home this morning Orren Hand, late of Company G, Second North Carolina cavalry, died, aged 72. He was one of the most esteemed in mates of the Home. ' A letter received here to-day from Johnston county says that D. L. Flowers, who was shot there a day or two ago by Hannibal Corbett, is desperately wounded. Flowers, it seems, had ad vanced towards Corbett with a pistol and was shot with a load of buckshot. Flowers was under the influence of liquor, at the time. J The number of visitors to the State museum is now larger than ever before at this season. There are a great many visitors from the country. Entries are already made for the Au gust races at the State fair grounds. It is earnestly hoped that by that time the street cars will be in operation, but, thus far, nothtng is being done in this direction. . The blackberry crop in this section is short and late. This does not apply to the crop.of cultivated berries, which is large and early and which is paying good profits to the shippers. Katz & Polvogt have a corner in "white ducks," 19 cents qualities this week 121 cents. . 4- It Loolcs That Way. , When Senator Butler started out at Chester Thursdaytwith liar, blackguard and thief , the inference was that he pro posed to hack Governor Tillman or if the latter resented hi3 insults, knock him into the middle of the. crowd. Not so, however. When Tillman, at Lancaster, Friday, denounced Butler as a black guard and told him he was no gentleman, the latter was as quiet as a lamb. It looks now as if it were to be a campaign of "you're a liar," "you're another," and nothing done. Charlotte Observer. Highest of all in Leavening Power. - Latest U. S. Gov't Report Mm ; -COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks and Bonds in New York Grain and Provision $farkets in Chicago. Newv York, June 23. Speculation at the Stock Exchange was sluggish to-day and the undertone of the market rather weak. Foreign houses were again sellers of international securities. European holders being somewhat uneasy because of the dwindling gold reserve of the Treasury. The shipments this week were on an enormous scale, the 6ustom house manifest giving the total at $7,750,000. The bankers, according to a private un derstanding, will turn this amount into the sub treasury, but as to future ship ments, no agreement has been arrived at. With the completion of the remit tances for July interest and dividends, a cessation of the efflux is looked for. Again, bankers expect the passage of the Tariff bill by the Senate next week, which should ameliorate commercial conditions to some extent and, perhaps, lead to an improvement. The feature of to-day's limited market was the heavi ness and steady dribbling of the stocks of bankrupt roads, North American hav ing declined to 2. Atchison to 4i, Union Pacific 9, Northern Pacific preferred, to 12. and Reading to 15, the lowest figures for the year, except in the cases of the two last named. Atchi son was depressed by Boston rumors that the seconds would have to be assessed in order to bring about a successful reor ganization of the property. No new reasons were assigned for the weakness of the other stocks named. The higher priced railway issues, such as the Gran gers, Louisville and Nashville and Mis souri Pacific, were also weak and de clined i to per cent., St. Paul leading. The last named was a favorite with the bears who are predicting a poor state ment of earnings for the third weekof June. The Vanderbilts and anthracite coalers, outside of Reading, were quiet. New Jersey Central fell 1 point to 106 on light dealings, however. In the ac tive stocks Manhattan sold down If, East Tennessee, first preferred, H, Bur lington and Quincy 2i, and Consolidated Gas 3. The latter was adversely affected by the gas war in Brooklyn. The Industrials were weak for Sugar, firmer for General Electric and stronger for Chicago Gas. Sugar declined If per cent, to 97 and rallied to 98$. General Electric advanced li per cent, to 35 and Chicago Gas H to 79 to 78. Lead; Tobacco, Rubber, Cordage and Leather stocks were dull. The general markets closed steadier at a recovery of to f per cent, from the lowest of the morning. The total sales were 76,000 shares, of which 55,000 Were listed and 21,000 were unlisted. The bond market was weak. Chicago, June 23. As this was Satur day and Derby day toOr there was more interest felt in 2-year-old oolts than in the price of wheat on the Board of Trade. Long before, the half session was over the number of traders had been i largely reduced by the exodus for Wash- ' j- L i mi i ington pans iue upenuig was wea. and lower on the passage, of the Hatch Anti-Option bill by the House of Repre sentatives yesterday, on the failure of the commission having in' charge the elevator controversy to settle that vexed question, and on cables which showed that Liverpool was again following American markets on the down grade. Prices early cot below puts and natur ally the holders of these privileges avail ed themselves . of the opportunity to clinch their profits, and in doing: so values were hoisted back to . the standing: point. About thirty min utes before the close Secretary Stone made the - announcement that the directors of the board expected to secure sufficient storage room for grain to meet the emergency arising from the failure of the committees appointed by both sides to settle the elevator controversy. There was a prompt revival of values on this, and at the close there was a gain for July of ic over yesterday's close. July wheat opened from 58f to 59c, sold between 581c and 5Uc, closing at o8ic. Cash wheat was strong. Prices were without essential change. ' Corn was traded in principally by the holders of provisions. The range was narrow and the inclination was to follow wheat. Julv onened 40 to 401c. sold between 41 to 41c and 40c, closing a shade underr yesterday at tne outsiae figures. There was a fair inquiry for cash corn. Offerings were larger and prices I to f c lower. - Oats were lifeless. Owing to the strength of June, caused by some de mand from belated shorts, the deferred deliveries held steadier than they other wisa mteht have. The trade was devoid of feature and with a very light trade. June closed lc higher than yesterday. July closed $c lower. Produce was dull and stagnant. The ransre of prices were confined within 5c limits, except for lard, which got 2c be yond these boundaries. The feeling might be called steady, although prices were a little easy at times, and at others a trifle firmer. The hog market opened strong, but closed weaker It had but little effect, however, on product. Sep tember pork closed 21c higher than yes terday. There was no trading in J uly pork. July lard and ribs closed un changed from yesterday. Very little business was done in. cash product. ; rFT LAST CRITICAL DEBATE ' 'l: '- VY TO COME UP IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OP COMMONS. The Iiioerals Uneasy Abom Their f Majority Excitement Oyer Reso lution of "Anti-Lorqs Confer ence To Strengthen the Fortifications of Gib'ral- tarA Royal Marri age Contemplated. London, June 23. The last criticial . debat of the present session of Parliar ment will take place next Tuesday when the spirit and beer duty clauses of the budget come up for discussion. The event is deemed so vitally important that theHponservative whips positively refuses to accept any pairs, and insist that the members of the party shall be present in full force. The members of the Ministerial party, including the Ministers themselves, are very uneasy in regard to the result of the division, owing to the feeling of disaffection which pervades the ranks of the repre sentatives of trade interests in the House of Commons and the almost certain de fection of those belonging to the Liberal parry wnose Dusmess interests are at stake. In a division on the clauses the Government majority threatens to dwindle to five. TheOnnositinn An n - . tr v uvl expect absolutely to defeat the Ministry. uu iamci aim w icuuuo uieir majority to the minimum. Even if the Govern ment should be defeated, however, it would not imply ; resignation on their part. The beer and spirit clauses could ue uroppeu anu an increase made in the income tax proposals, sufficient to cover the deficit and .in the event of thir defeat this will probably be done. .u ivpviuwuuo , j;oicu UJf . tilvj ' anil" Lords conference at Leeds have created any amount of excited discussion in the lobbies. A leading Tory Peer said last hizht that the Liberals wpm miaoiran if : " w" 4 1 they supposed the Upper House would accept a curtailment oi their veto power. They would rather be abolished than to oe put into scraic-jacKets. A large number of members of the House of Commons of all parties have held a conference with closed H debate the question of building docks uu cAwuuiug uue iuf b wor8 at IjrlDrai- tar. The result of the'meeting was the appointment of a committed n. with Lord Rosebery on the subject, the Bcuao ui me mecuiig ucing ; mat the de fenses and facilities at GihraH.a Aiuf to be improved. Mr. Edmund Robert son, memoer oi raruament for Dundee DpcoAaug hj uu i;uusu.iuenis yesterday, said that for the first time pinro Rrit,ai Occupancy of that stronghold the Gov- at Gibraltar. IT The Anti-Gambling league; after pay ing its respects to the Prime Ministerfor his connection with the . turf, is turninjr its attention to Monte Carlo whitti. v, . r VUO league is secretly sending delegates to wiicvit uaut w oe usea against the game and certain of its devotees. Meanwhile the tables at that resort are flourishing to a great degree, which induces the au thorities of the Monte Carlo gaming es tablishment to build a branch at Latur bie and Monaco. has not created the furor in societv thnt might have been and doubtloai uma pected. Indeed, his presence has excited no interest whatever. , Th r. OS staying with Prince Louis of Batten- Durg ana mafices a formal call every day upon his fiancee, Princess Alix at Wind sor. The marriage of the Czaro witch and Princess Alix is defin itely fixed to take place in , St. Peters burg September 20th. The Queen has not yet decided whether she will attend the wedding ceremony, but the court would not be surprised if she went! Sir John F. Gorst will start for Canada and Vancouver on Tuesday. On his re turn trip he will visit San Francisco and afterward make a tour of the States with a view of making especial inquiry into the social conditions of Chicago, New York and other American cities. - The will of the late Trn1 crhinf t,ma : .Coleridge disinherits his eldest son. Ber- ucuu vacaaujb, buu wiu ue contested by the latter on the ground of undue influ ence on the part of his stepmother, the second wife of the late chief justice, be tween whom and the members of Lord voienage s lamiiy a decidedly unfriendly feeling existed. The eleventh triennial Handel festival was opened here yesterday with 4,500 performers and 16,000 persons in the audience. ; A Big Bicycle Race. New York, June 23. The big race meet of the Greenwich wheelmen at Manhattan field this evening drew a large crowd. Interest chiefly centered in tlift flttemnfa rtf Tta-xr 'MVTYr.v.1,J xi - Mr yvuaiUj vi UiO Riyeraide wheelmen, to beat the half mile track record, and John S. Johnson to lower the world's mile record on a auarter-mile course, and between Fred J. Titus, of the Riverside wheelmen, and W. D. Outer bridge, champion of Bermuda. McDonald shaved down Genre-A T Rmi iia im 2-5 to lAi 3-5. He was paced by F. F. Goodman and W. S. Ottman of the mversiae wneeimen. Titus beat Outer bridge without an effort. John S. Johnson, paced by Fred Titus and A.W. "Warren, rode the mile leisurely in 2:12, 2-5. ; Two Hundred Miners Entombed. Cardiff, Wales, June 23. A dispatch from Pont-y-Pridd, Glamorgan, says that a terrible explosion occurred this afternoon in the Albion colliery, near mat piace. iwo nunared miners are buried beneath the debris of the mine. Their fate is unknown, but it is believed that a large number of them have been killed.