lisle left here at 4 o’clock this afternon
lor Buzzard’s Bay to discuss with the
president the financial situation before
the latter completes his message on the
silver question. j
Secretary Carlisle carries with him
much information specially collected
at the president's request/ It is un
derstood the president’s message will
deal solely with the financial situation.
It is expected the president will leave
tor Washington Friday evening, and
that .1 special cabinet meeting will be
held on Monday, at which the message
will be road.
STRAY SPARKS.
A dispatch from Kiev. Russia, says
by an explosion yesterday, fourteen
persons were killed and a large number
injured.
Dispatches continue to tell of re
tr n hineut in manufacturing indus
tries all over the cast. Mills are shut
ting down all over, cither partially or
wholly, and many of them have given
n iti e of a redu tion in wages.
Janies Mitchell, of the New York
Athletic chib, yesterday broke the
world’s record for putting the 5d pound
weight. He made 3S feet 1 T-2 inches,
which is three feet further than the
record.
| PEARY’S DONKEYS PERISH.
Success of the Expedition Depended
Much! on Them.
i Halifax, N. S., Aug. I.—News has
reached here that the Lieut. Peary ex
pedition had a very severe passage on
' the voyage from Newfoundland to Lab
rador. Their donkeys perished from ex
posure, and as Lieut. Peary depended
upon them for much of the laborious
work, their loss is keenly felt.
