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A roundhouse in the South Nashville, Tenn., yards of the Louisville & Nashville railroad was burned. Loss, $50,000. Nine locomotives were damaged to the extent of $1,000 each. C. J. Devlin filed in the United States district court at Topeka, Kan., an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. The petition schedules liabilities exceeding $2,600,000. James W. Alderdice, a lawyer convicted in New York of forgery, was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment in Sing Sing. J. A. Spekenhier has been appointed receiver of the Commercial bank, of Hagerstown, Ind., on application of President Frank Mason. The liabilities exceed $100,000, while the assets are given as much less than that amount. Harry Walker, aged 18 years; and Alex. Worrall, aged 12, were dro wned in the Youghiagheny river near McKeesport, Pa. The seventh international conve ntion of the Epworth league was opened in Denver, Col. A tornado in Texas caused much loss of life and destruction of property in Montague county and the northern portion of the state. Twenty-four are known to be dead. The five-year-old son of Samuel Squillman, of Seymour, Ia., and the fouryear-old son of a neighbor, George Billard, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed Squillman's home. Herman Meminger, chief of the Milwaukee (Wis.) fire department, died from the effects of injuries sustained at a fire two months ago, when it was reported he inhaled acid fumes. Fred Ross, who was knocked out by Jack Donnelly in the sixteenth round of a prize fight at Aberdeen, Wash., is dead. His neck was dislocated and a blood clot gathered on the brain. Three railroad employes were killed and two injured and thousands of dollars' worth of property destroyed by a head-on collision on the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine railroad near Wachusett, Mass. Gen. Amasa Cobb, brigadier general of volunteers during the civil war, veteran of the Mexican war, congressman and ex-justice of the supreme court of Nebraska, died at Los Angeles, Cal, aged 82 years. The formal opening of the twenty-second International Christian Endeavor convention took place in Armory hall, Baltimore, Md., with about 8,000 delegates present. Mrs. Lucie B. Tyng, one of the bestknown temperance workers in the United States, died in Peoria, III. The new directory indicates Chicago's population to be 2,272.000. The weekly crop report shows that growth has been retarded by heavy rains, but the condition of corn in the corn belt is excellent. The money circulation July 1 was the largest per capita and in amount in the history of the country. Bank note issues in the past year were larger than the new gold increase. Most of the Chicago indicted packers, their agents and the companies in which they are interested have furnished bonds. Gov. Hanly's crusade against bookmakers has put an end to horse racing in Indiana. Samuel Thompson, a Chicago coffee importer, says the scheme of an eastern clique to have a tax imposed is a market manipulation to secure $12,000,000 profit on stock. Graeme Stewart's will, dividing an estate of $500,000 between his widow, children, brothers and sisters, was filed in Chicago. The Spring Valley (III.) national bank and the First national bank of Toluca, Ill., closed their doors as the result of the failure of C. J. Devlin, of Topeka, Kan. S. L. Frazer, of Chicago, when asked for an accounting by his partner in the brokerage business suddenly fled, leaving an alleged defalcation of $100,000. The Wabash Railway company has discharged its superintendent of the secret service department and 121 men employed in detective work. Fourth of July casualties reported throughout this country number 42 deaths and 2,431 injured. Loss of life variously estimated at more than 200 and less than 1,000 persons, and property damage to the extent of over $1,000,000 were caused by the recent flood which swept over the town of Guanajuaro, Mex. John Bowman, cashier of the Commercial bank of Hagerstown, Ind., committed suicide by shooting. No cause for the deed is known. Ten business houses and one dwelling at Roulette, Pa., were destroyed by fire. entailing-a loss of $50,000. The insurance was small. The American revivalists, Rev. Reuben A. Torrey and Charles M. Alexander, concluded their five months' revival campaign in England with a great thanksgiving service at Albert hall, London, for the 14,000 converts recorded. In view of the bad harvest prospects owing to the drought and the storms in Portugal, King Charles has sanctioned the importation of 75,000 tons of American wheat and has ordered the reduction of the customs duties by 50 per cent. The heat, which continued several days throughout central Europe, has caused, it is estimated from the reports now coming in, more than 100 deaths in Germany. At midday in the shade the temperature has been as
