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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER^f BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1885. NO. 42. VOLUME XXIX ' / Lore Thee." A young girl walking by n stream In silent thought, ft tuaid's day-dream, Knelt down upon tho glistening sand. And thero wroto with her soft whito hand, "I lovo thee!'' A youth lay In a^great tree's shade Just on tho bonier of the glade; V And wiien the maid had gono away ' He wrote below tho se!f-?amo wu "1 lovo thee!-' Tvars after in a great armchair, ; A woman sat with silver hair; : A manly form stood by her sido, s And said, "I love you still, my prido." And soft the gray-haired dame replied, "I lovo thee!" n A T3T7 T\ A JUJ3L JL ? BY HUGH CONWAYr Author of " Called Bacfc." CHAPTER IX. SAFE?AXD LOVED. Now that we are safe in Spain; nov that Philippa's arrest is a matter o impossibility, and her expulsion fron a country so lax in its observance o international obligations highly im probable, when her guilt can at th< utmost be only suspected, if indee< suspicion ever points to her, I maj pass rapidly over the events of th< next two months; the more so as ur record of them would differ very littli from. the description of an ordinar tour in Spain. To me, after the fever ish anxiety, the horrible dread as t< What any hour might biing forth "which had characterized our flight from England, it seemed something U 121? lw. *U ?*' very Liiuuii iit\c wmus ni? uu^jnug >< once into the position of the every-daj tourist taking a couple of ladies on a round of travel; but for the time ] was outwardly neither more nor less. From Burgos we went to Valladolid; from Yalladolid to MadridMadrid, the high-perched city witl its arid, uninteresting surrounding; and- abominable climate. Nol long did we linger here. Bad, trying as the English winter may be, the cok of Madrid is a poor exchange for it I had almost thrown aside the assumec character of an invalid; but 1 felt il would be the height of inconsistency after forcing my companions tc accompany me in the search ol warmth, to make any stay in the Span ish capital, liight glad I was tc leave it, and turn my face southward. Philippa was by now in apparently good health, both bodily and mental but while at Madrid 1 trembled foi her, as 1 should tremble for any one II loved who made that city a resting place?a city swept from end to end bv crafty, treacherous, icy winds blowing straight from the Guadarrama mountains; insidious blasts in which lurk the seeds of consumption and death. So at our leisure we went southward halting at such place3 ana seeing suce sights as we thought fit; lingering here . and there just so long as it suited us travelling by easy stages, and in such comfort as wo could command. A1 Malaga we spent weeks, reveling ir the balmy, delicious air; at Granida were days and days beforo we could tear ourselves from tho interesting, absorbing glories of the departed Moor We were in a new world?a world which I had always longed to see. Al last?it was just at the end of April, when the land was full of roses, when vegetation was breaking into that rich luxuriance unknown in the northerc lands?we turned our steps to the citj of Seville; brilliant romantic Seville, with its flower-bedecked houses, its groves of orange and olive trees, its luxuriant gardens, its crooked narrow streets, its Moorish walls, its numerous towers, all of which sink into insignificance under the shadow of the lofty Giralda. All I wanted seemed tc be here. TT ostlrr IintJ YYiUJ l4Y CIV tllftli^ 1U1 VI1C of seeking which I had professed to leave foggy England? sun, warmth, color, brightness. Here I thought, if in any place in the world, will the one I love forget what sho knows of the cruel past. Here, it may be, our new life shall begin. Glorious, wonderful Seville! The magic charm of the place fell on my companions as it fell upon me, as in. deed It falls upon all who visit it. By common consent we arranged to stay our course for an indefinite time. Perhaps by now we all thought that we had endured enough of hotel life, and wanted some place which might bear the name of home; so, although such thiugs are not very easy to find, 1 hired a furnished house. Such s house! Prom the narrow street?the neec1 of shade makes narrow streets indes nnnailtln Vsnvilln nuca thrnnnrh i VV K/UliAiV ? light open-work iron gate into a spa cious white marble-lined courtyard or, as the Spaniards call it, patio; ? couityard open to the sky, save for th< gayly-colorcd awning whi.h is some times spread over it; a space fragrani to the four corners with tho perfume of orange and other sweet smelling blossoms, brigiit with glowing olean ders, and musical with the murmur o( fountains. Around the walls statues, some of the fair works of art, paint i:^sand mirrors. E very sit ting- roon in the house opening on to this coo central fairy-land?a fairy land which for many months of the year is almos the only part of the house used ir their waking hours by the Sevillanos Add to this a garden, not large bu exquisite, full of the rarest and choi cest blooms, and if you are not hope lessly bigoted, and enamored of En glish fogs, you must long for such ; . home in courtly beautiful Seville! With such surroundiugs?almos those of a Sybarite?who can blam me for being lulled into security, i not forgetfullness, and for telling my ?*>lf that my troubles were nearly a on end? Who can wonder at the cas ties I btriitasvour after hour Uoungei in the with its fragrant, sooth ing atmosphere, and gazed at Philip pa's beautiful face, and now and agaii meeting her dark eyes, and sometime: surprising in those thoughtful depth: a look which thrilled my heart?a loofc which I told myself was one of love? True, that often an often in mj sleep I saw the white, dead face, witl the snow-hcap forming over it. Truf that often and often Philippa's wil< cry, "The wages of sin on, on, on!' rang through my dreams, and I awok trembling in every limb; but in t'n J *:?~ tnwlef /if thft RIVfiP unv-timc in iuu shaded repose, I could almost banisl every memory, every thought whicl strove to lead mo back to grief <un horror. The days, each ono swe-tor than is forerunner passed by. Each day \va passed with Philippa. We wandere for hours through the marvelous gai dens or the Alcazar; we drove unde the shading trees of Las Delicias; w made excursions to Italica and othe places, which the guide-book tell you every visitor to Seville should sec but I think wo found in the ordinar sights, which were at our very door as much pleasure as in any of th stock shows. Wo loved to watch th people. We delighted in the pictui esque, ragged-looking black-eyed An dalusian boy-rascals who played am romped at every street corner. W noted the. exquisitely graceful figure of the Sevillanas; I, moreover note that the most graceful of these figure could not bo compared to Philippa' own. Wo strolled up tho awninp roofed Calle de las Sierpes, and laugheat the curious windowless shop: Every thing was so strange, so brign' so teeming with old-world tradltior so full of intense interest, that n wonder 1 could for the time sen painful memories to the background, And Philippa? Although thei were times when her face grow sa with sad remembrances; although i times her eyes sought mine with thf f i troubled, inquiring look; .although I ' trembled as to what might be the quesj tion which I seemed to see her lips about to form; I did not, could not ; believe she was entirely unhappy. , The smile?a quiet, thoughtful one, ' yet a smile?was oftener seen on her face. It came now of its own accord. ' More and more certain I grew that, if nothing recalled the past, or I should 1 say, it nothing filled the blank, so mer; cifully left of that one night, the hour ; was not far distant when mv love J would call herself happy. Oh, to keep j that fatal knowledge from her forever! Such was my life. So, in calm t peace, all l?ut happiness, the days J passed by, until for the third timo'l dared to tell Philippa that I loved her? ! to tell her so with the certainty of | hearing her re-echo my words. Yes, j certainty. Had I not. for many days ! seen her eyes grow brighter, the grave i thoughtful look leave her face, her | whole manner change when I drew | near? Such signs as these told me that tha crowning momeut of my life was ' at hand. * ! Here, for one moment I pause. I J j scorn to excuse myself for wishing to " j marry a woman who had been, or ; supposed herself to have been, the inf i nocent victim of a scoundrelly man of ] j the world. I have nothing in common ' with those who think such an excuse 3 is needed. Mrs. Wilson's statement 7 that the marriage was valid might be 9 fi-no nr foicn It rrnvo mp t.hn irrmrps j sion that if. was true, and I believed " j that Philippn could lay claim to bear ^ the man's accursed name. Hut wheth? I ershe was Lady Ferrand, or a trustt ing woman deceived, for my own sake J I cared little. She was Philippa! t As to my intention of marrying, my 7 one wish to marry, a woman who, in 1 her temporary and fully-accunted for t j delirium, had killed the man who so ! cruelly wronged her, I have but this j to say. My tale, although I give it to - the world, is not written for the pur1 pose of fiction. It is the story of rny3 self?a story which seemed to me 1 worth telling?of a man who loved one ' woman passionately, blindly and withl out consideration. Such was my great love for Philippa that I feel no shame 1 in telling the truth, and saying that had I seen her, in full possession of " her senses, level that pistol and shoot * her betrayer through his black heart, I ^ should have held that only justice had " been done. I should have regretted ) the act, but, nevertheless, I would have pleaded for her love as ferventr ly and reverently as I was now about ] : to plead for it. : Philippa with her'ryes half closed, I 1 was. as was usual at the hour, sitting ; M in tho patio. In her hand she held a ] " I sprig of orange blossom, and ever and 1 i | anon inhaled its delicious perfume; ] an action, by the by, scarcely needful, i : as the \\:. jle air was redolent of the 1 fragrance thrown from the great tree : ^ in the center of the marble space. 1 She was or fancied she was, alone, as some little time oetore i nau leu tne court; and my mother who could never quite adapt herself to the semiopen-air life, was taking a siesta in the drawing-room. As I saw Philip pa in all her glowing beauty, the ] white marble against which she leaned making as it were a suitable foil to 1 the warm color of her cheek?the long < curved black, downcast lashes?the bosom rising and falling gently?like i an inspiration the thought came to me that in a minute my fate would be decided. Heavens! how could J have waited so long to hear the words which I knew she would say? I crept noiselessly to her side. I passed my arm round her waist and drew her to me. I whispered words of passionate love in her ear?words, the confidence of which startled me; but then this time I knew that my love of years was to be rewarded. She did not shrink away; she did not struggle to free herself, but she trembled like a leaf in my embrace. She sighed deeply, even hopelessly,and I T saw thft tpnrs wHlint* in hpr darlc eyes. Closer and firmer I held her, and kissed her cheek again and asrain. Had that mjment. been my last I Bhould have said I had not lived in vain. > "Philippa," I whispered, "my queen, my love, tell me you love mo at last." . She was silent, the tears broke from her eyes and ran down her cheeks. I i ' kissed the signs of sorrow away. "Dearest," I said, "it is answer : enough that you suffer these kisses, . but I have waited so long?been so I 1 unhappy; look at me and satisfy me; ' let me hear you say, " I love you!" She turned her "tearful eyes to mine, l but not for long. She cast her looks upon the ground and was still silent. I Yet she lay unresisting in my arms. That, after all, was the true answer. 1 Hut I must have it from her lips. "Toll mo /lriorncf tpll mn OnOfi." I > prayed. 1 Her lips quivered; her bosom rose, ; and fell. The blush spread from her ' cheek and stole down her white neck. ' "Yes," she murmered, "now that it ; is too late, I love you." > I laughed a wild laugh. I clasped " Pliilippa to my breast. ' "To late!" I cried. We may have > fifty years of happiness." "It is too late," sho answered. Tor 1 your sake I have told you that I love ' you, Basil. My love, I will kiss you once then?then loose me, and let us 1 say farewell." 1 "When death closes the eyes of one of us wo will say farewell?not until 1 then," I said, as my lips met hers in a long and rapturous kiss. Then with a sigh sho gently but firrn ly freed herself from my arms. She rose, we stood on the marble floor, face to fa^e, gazing in each other's eyes. t "Basil," she said softly, "all this ? must be forgotten. Say farewell; to 1 morrow we must part. "Dearest, our lives henceforth are one." "It can not be. Spare me, Basil! ^ You have been kind to me. It can not - be," "Why? Tell me, "why." ' "Why need you ask? You bear an 5 honored and respected name; and I, ? you know what I am?a shamed woL man." "A wronged woman, It may be, not a shamed one." ( "Ah! Basil, in this world, when a V woman is concerned, wronged and ? shamed mean the same thing. You . have been as a brother to me. I camo ? to you in my trouble. Be kinder still, t and spare me the pain of paining you. a By look, by word, by gesture, she ix seemed to beseech me. Oh, how I A longed to tell her that I firmly believed she was the dead man's wife! I had much difficulty in checking the words s which were forming on my lips. But d I dared not speak. Telling her that > the marriage was a valid one meant r that I must tell her of her husband's e death, and, it might be, how he died, ir "Philippa," I said, "the whole happiis ness of my life, my every desire, is i; centered upon making you my wife, v Think, dearest, how when I had no ; right to demand thi3 gift my life was e made desolate; think what it will be e when I know you love me and yet re fuse to be mine! Have i oeen irue 10 i- you, Philippa?" d "Heaven knows you have." e "Then why, now that you love me, s refuse me my reward ? " d "Oh, spare me!?I can not, I will not 3 give it. Basil, dear Basil, why with s your talents should you blush to show ,r- your wife to the world?" il "Blush! The world! What is my world save you ? You are all to me t, sweetest. You love me. What more i? do I want? Before this time next 0 week wc will bo married." d "Xever, never! I will not wrong the man 1 loved. Basil, farewell forev e cr!" id .She clasped her hands and fled wildit' ly across the court. I caught her at it the door, which she had reached and half opened, "Promise mo one tning." I said; "promise you will wait here until my return. I shall not be five minutes. It is not much to ask Philippa." Philippa bent her head as in assent, I passed through the door, and in a few minutes returned to the patio accompanied by my mother, who glanced from Philippa to me in a surprised way. "What is the matter?" she asked, with her cheerful smile. "Have you two vouncr neonle been quarrelling?" Philippa made no answer. Shestoo 1 with her lingers interlaced; her eyes cast on the ground. "Mother," I said, "I have to-day asked Philippa to be my wife. I have told her that all my happiness de W.,_ t, 1LJ. r jiriuid U^IUII 111:1 iimarui* tu tiJis. l have loved her for years; and at last she loves me. Yes, she loves me." My mother gave a little cry of pleasure, and stepped forward. I checked her. ' I love her, and she loves me," I continued. "But she refuses to marry me. And why? Because she fears to bring shame on an honorable name. You know her story; You are my mother. You of all people In the world, should be the most jealous as to the honor of my name. You should know whom you should choose for my wife. Tell her" I said no more. My mother advanced with outstretched arms, and in a moment my poor girl was weeping in herembiace, while words which I could not hear, but whose purport I could well guess, were being whispered to her. I had indeed been right in trusting to my mother's noble nature. "Leave us for a little while, Basil," she said, as Philippa still sobbed upon her shoulder. "Come back in a quarter of an hour's time." I turned away, went past the screen which is sometimes put up to insure privacy, out of the iron gate, into the narrow street. I watcneu tne iounging, aigninea-iooKing men and the dark-eyed women who went by: I looked at the merry urchins at pluy; and after what seemed an interminable quarter of an hour, returned to learn how my gentle.counsel had succeeded with my suit. My mother and Philippa were Bitting with their arms around each other. Philippa, as I entered the patio, raised her eyes to mine with a look of shy happiness. My mother rose and took the girl by the hand. "Basil," she said, "I have at last been able to persuade her that you ;tnd I, at least, riso above the conventionalities of what is called the world. I have told her that, knowing all I know, I see nothing to prevent her from being your wife. I have told lier that simply for her own'sweet sake I would rather see you marry her than any woman in the world. Ana Basil, 1 fancy I have made her believe _ >? me. With her soft eyes full of maternal love, my mother kissed me and left Ihecoort. I opened my arms to close the round, the fairest woman in the world; and all the earth seemed bright* and glorious to me. My great love had conquered! And yet, even in that moment of bliss, my thought flew away to a snow-heaprd road in England?to a white drift, under which for days and! [lays a ghastly object had once been1 lying. A dream! a dream I It must have been a fearful dream. Forget it,1 Basil North, and be happy in the happiness you have at last won I TXO BE CONTINUED.! aspMll i 'mi Burned to the Ground by the Ca lombian Insurgents, The United Statei to Send an Armed Force to the Isthmus. A dispatch from Aspinwall says that the city was burned by tho Colombian insurgents under General Aizpurn. Fearful that Aspinwall would be recaptured by the government troops, they were determined that tho conquest should bo a barren one. They decided to destroy tho town and sot fire to It in several places, Tho fire spread quickly. The inhabitants were panic-stricken and abandoned their houses. The United States aud British cousulates wero among tho first buildings to bo burned. No structure of any importance, except the Pacific Mail wharf, escaped the flames. Tho United States sloop-of-war Galenai which was lying there, sent boats ashoro with men to protect property. The inhabitants flocked round the sailors imploring assistance. Many found refuge on tho Galena, and she was crowded with unfortunate people. The condition of the inhabitants was sad. They wandered aixiut tho streets helpless aud shelterless. They had nowhere to go, as the railroad property and the canal property at Crispol wero the only buildings saved. The shipping was uninjured, and every available vessel was crowded with men aud women. General Aizpurn, after the town was laid in ashes left for Panama. He declared he would shoot every American there. He had a large party of insurgents encamped outside Panama. -The following dispatch from Commander Kane, of tho Galena, was received by the secretary of the navy at Washington: "Aspinwall is in ashes. Burned by insureonts to escape capture by government troops. The Pacific Mail dock, railroad property oil the north end of the island and the canal property at Crispol aro the only buildings saved. The shipping is safe. 1 have all my force on shore protecting property. My ship is crowded with refugees. Thousands are destitute and without shelter." The Aspmwall difficulty was discussed at a conference in the afternoon between Secretaries Bayard and Whitney,Mr. Adee,of thestate department, and Commodore Walker being present Mr. Bayard, at the request of Mr. Whitney, defined the treaty res[>oiisibilities of the United States in this matter. Mr. Bayard went to see the President, and late in the evening an informal meeting of the Cabinet was held at tho White House, at which the matter was fully discussed. The conclusion reached at this meeting was that, while this government is not called upon to take cognizance of internal broils at Panama, yet it is by treaty guaranteed free atil uninterrupted transit across the Isthmus. Acting upon this conclusion,Secretary Whitney telegraphed orders to the commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard to get all the available marines at the yard in readiness for immediate departure, and to provide also some Catling guns and men to handle them. He also sent the following dispatch to Mr. J. B. Houston, president of tho Pacific Mail company, at Isew York: "Tho government proposes to have tho transit from Panama to Colon open and uninterrupted in the shortest possible time. Inordei that your company may avail itself of the ad vantages of this action, a few days' <lolay o your steamer to receive a shipment of arme forces will bo necessary. How many mei can you take?" Secretary Whitney also telegraphed Cap tain Kano, of the Galena, at Colon, and Con sul Adamson, at Panama, for further infor ination as to the condition of the rail road and steamship property and whethe transit across the Jstlimus remained open Ho said that if their replies to thoso dispatche confirmed tho present advices the me: and guns from tho Brooklyn navy yari would bo forwarded immediately. Ho sail further that tho United States steamers Alii auce and Swatara were en routo for Aspir wall. Aspinwall, or Colon, as the French call il is the chief town of the United States of C< lombia, and tho Atlantic terminus of th Panama railway. It is situated on th island of Manzanilla, in Navaj bay. Its poi ulation sinco tho beginn ing of work on tr canal has been about 10,000. Tho towns w? founde<l by the railway company in 1850, an its chief building-* are tho railway offices an depot. Americau, English, German, an French steamships visit the port. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Mks. LanGTRY will go to Australia nex winter. _ SurrE has finished another oporetta, "Tb Twins." Lawrence Barrett will summer at th birthplace of Shakespeare. Juch and Fursch Madi sing at tho Ma festival In Pittsburg, Penn. TWENTY-EIGHT UIOUSIIIIU people lu uuuuu make a living off the stage. Henry Irving, England's lending acto says he will not appear in this country agaii Comic ojiera in a tent holding000 j>ersor will bo the novelty in Now England nea BUtnmer. Miss Alice Lakey, of New York, sopri no, achieved great success in a concert i | London. i .. -GENERAL GRANT. . g ' on directing Scenes and Incidents at cu k the Soldier's Bedside. 1,1 : [nteres ting Sketch of His Busy and J* Eventful Life. of lif Cll al Representatives of tho New York daily T papers hired apartments in tho immoliate nj vicinity of General Grant's residence on Sixty-sixth street, so as to bo able to send the G latest reports of tho soldier's condition to w their offices, and to quickly record tho final J1' -l ?i :l tt 1 UUUIigU WllUU iU LUlilt\ IIUUMJ UUllUblUO XV- Cfi cording the general's condition were posted -I up in front of tho newspaper ofSce?, and were eagerly scanned by tho passing people. OI Among tho many scones and incidents which n< came under the reporters' observation dur. st ing tho soldier's illness, tho following are ai noteworthy: q; During the early hours of tho morning the di general was restless, and th i hydodermic jn- G jections did not accomplish all that the doc- T1 tors expected. The restlessness did not re- G suit from an inability to remain in one place, 1/ for tho general's power of locomotion was di greatly restrained l>y weakness, but was con- uj lined to a movement of the body to and fro 1, i in the reclining chair. Toward 2 a. si. the es , distinguished patient was quieter, and Col- te ! onel Pred Grant and Dr. Shrady, who had m been in attendance, obtained some rest. U At 5 o'clock in the morning an examination Gi i oi me puLso was inauo uy ur. i?ougius, wuu tu | found it unusually feeble. All the members ra i of the family in tho housa were summoned Si I to tho room. Before they could get there m Drs. Douglas and Shrady decided to give a hi hypodermic injection of brandy. During the nc I preparations for this there was great anxiety Gi i on tho part of those who wore with or near o? ; the general. Tho injection had a marked ef- w ' feet, and tho patient was revived and soon m 1 afterward fell into a doze, from which, th | about 0 o'clock, he woke up and appeared in better. At tho suggestion of the Rev. ? I Dr. Newman, who had been in the house all night, there was a short G service of prayer, which was attended by all is ! the family, tho medical men and tho older m [ household servants. After the prayers the G ! general motioned to all who wero present,and tr as they gathered more closely around him ho G raised one hand and murmurod, "I ''Bless you all! God bless you!" cc Then, as his wife and Mrs. Sartoris sank bl down beside liiin, he took their hands in his tv own and gently pressed them. As he did m this those in the room who were not already ea weeping turned away with streaming eyoi. loi All thought it was tho last farewell. ot | Every one except the physicians now loft re tho room, and the general lay quietly for a uj few minutes, with his eyes closed. As the n? i doctors watched his breathing becamo more tv ! regular and ho fell asleep. su Gyrus W. Field was the first of tho many ce callers who was invited to soo the general. re Ho remained only a few minutes and on go- in ing away said: It is wonderful what pluck on mat man ua-s. i<ew raon couiu nave louguc ri< such a battlo as he, or held out so bravoly to against disease. It is remarkable that he H held out so long." m At 10 o'clock an old man with white hair m walked from the direction of Fifth avenuo |>c and stood in front of General Grant's house. Gi > rhen he took off his hat and bowed his head wi as though iu prayer. After that he went up the steps, rang the bell, and inquired about lo | General Grant's health. When ho reached Sc j the street again he burst into tears, and went ti( I crying back to Fifth avenue. wi Senor Ilomero said when ho came out: op "General Grant has a will of iron. I saw pr Frank Leslie die of this disease of cancer and fe I saw him fight it hard, too, but this old sol- qi j dier almost laughs at it. How ho lives no di I man knows." Near noonday Dr. Newman, who had 18 gone out for a while, returned, and the re general expressed the desiro to bo de alone with him. Tho result of 01 II their interview is best told by the divine, nnd th he said he found his old friend resting in his Bt i chair. He sj>oke f> him about a Christian su j life aud death, nnd the general listened, so m the divine said, liko a child at its mother's in knee. He said that ho was not afraid to th die, and that no act of his lifo troubled F< Uim now. I)r. Newman said that he was in a C< truly contrite and Christian condition. in There were numerous telegrams sent to the bi bouse. One from Gen. Fitz Hugh Leo said fit that the heart of the South was throbbing in F< anison with that of tho North, and that a fi,i word of hopo was hailed with pleasuro far G and wido in the Southern States. Another al from tlie governor of South Carolina said su that all the South mourned at the fc bedside of the dying general. Telegrams fr wero also received from peoplo in th tho North with whom tho ex-President was o' socially and politically intimate. Ono meg- D sage received was from the mikado of Japan, tr who gave General Grant a royal welcome ni during his visit to that country. A resolu- w tion of sympathy from the Southern Press as- di sociation, in session at Jacksonville, Fla., was te also received. pi In tho United States Senate at Washing- er i ton, the chaplain concluded his prayer as fol- L lows: "On this last day of tho session we w > tarry a moment to ask a special blessing dt upon our dying chieftain. Be with cl him as lie engages in this last stmg- di i gle with a foe to whom tho wisest gi and the bravest must at tho last sur- L render; and though the skill of the physician w and the kind ministries of tender love may 01 not avail to retain him longer in our midst, re may the holy offices of our blessed Christian- sr ity have been so presented to his faith that, w having fought the good fight, having finished er his course, he may also bo glad to testify bo- th foro the world that ho has kept tho faith." ra General Grant's Career. ' Ulysses Simpson Grant was born at Mount jfi Til A nM 1 ->7 1 ? > > 1T;? fntlin* r?_ i ? iCUMlIll/, UI1IU, VI, lUvv. ixio lUbiici [ Jl was a Scotch leather dealer. Young Grant's tai boyhood was uneventful, anil at tho age of fu, > seventeen he was appointed a cadet in the LJf United States Military academy at "West 0tl > Point. He had been christened Hiram Ulys- ( - ses, but his naino was given as Ulysses the > S. Grant in his appointment to West Point, of and this mistake was never corrected. In |10 184S, at tho age of twenty-one, he was jni graduated in the middle of a class of forty- th' three, and wus breveted second-lieutenant in rethe Fourth infantry. Ho served in the war jfo with Mexico, missing only tho battle of Buena p0 Vista. During that war, in one of the bat' ties, Lieutenant Grant carried a wounded cfo comrade who had been a fellow student at trij West Point oir the field. Wl Afterward, in 184S, he married his woui^ 1,1 "d friend's sister?Miss Julia Dent, of S"K f?: Louis, now Mrs. Grant. Tho marriage took place in the house of the bride's father at St. ne Louis. After their wedding trip the young 1)0 couple lived for a while at a farm house at owned bv Colonel Dent, Mrs. Grant's father, 'n " near Kt Louis, and there Nellio Grant, now P Mrs. Sartorls, was born, as were one or two ex : of the boys. At this place General Grant th< also first settled immediately after his resig- <n 1 nation from tho army in 1S54. But beoominc siJ dissatisfied witli this existence, and havn. vn " beon disappointed by a failure to obtain tho SO * position of county surveyor, ho moved his G: rapidly increasing family back to St. Ixmis, vc wnere no was ciiKugeu mi uniiiio > in tlio real estate business, the * tirm being Grant <fc Boggs. Tlio venture pr * was a failure, and in course of time the gen- do ? oral nccoptoil an offer from his father to en- tli * tor the latter's tannery at Galena. He gave G away his four slaves and removed his othei at chattels to Illinois. ci l" April It I, ISO I. six days after the fall of t>! Fort Sumter and four days after President for Lincoln's call for men. Grant drilled a com- G '? pany. and four days later took his volunteers tn p to Springfield ar>d wrote to the ndjutant-gen tc ? eral to offer his services. No attention tl: * was paid to him, and ho spent a month fr or nioro drilling troojis. He tried to sea U General McClellan at Cincinnati to fc j get a place 011 his staff, but was hi 5 again unnoticed, and accepted Governor hi 9 ates' oirer of the Twenty-first Illinois tj infantry as colonel, and took his regiment H int-j Missouri and reported to General Pope. w I Ho was stationed at Mexico, commissioned a hi ? brigadier-general of volunteers, and was then placed at several points successively by Major- B t General Fremont, who commanded tho \vest- uj era department. " When General Folk had seized Columbus " and Hickman, thus destroying the neutrality B of Kentucky, General Grant took two regin merits and two gunboats and sailed up tho ai Ohio one night, and at 8:30 the next morn- B t inc ouiotlv took possession of Paducah. Ho J'J had "sent to General Fremont for orders, " but seized tho city before these reached tc him. This enabled him to hold that part sr of tho country, with Cairo as his head- o r. quarters, but his subordinate position 01 1 kept him idle for two months, which lie util- ? 19 ized to drill tho UO.OOO men now under him. :l <>ii Novemlier 0, 1801, he was ordered to m move down tho river, with 3,100 raw men. li v John A. Ixiganwas a colonel in his command. r? ;B The nest day ho landed a!; Hunter's Point, w and marched on tho Confederate camp at to ilmont. Tho fight was desperate, and his lal victory destroyed tho discipline of his rces. Ho restored order liy setting the camp i fire, and was marching lmcfc to tho msports when Confederate reinforcements t him ofT. "When told ho was surrounded s answer was: "Wo must cut our way out r.s wo cut our nv in." Ho charged the enemy successfully, but ing oblige*! to see to everything in person i was soparated from his men while looking ter tho wounded, and had to rida for his 'p. Ho was hotly pursued, and his horse id down tho river bank 011 its haunches and ** * 1 1 Olid over n piuiiK 01 uuuiu unnu juum..m,, illets. During tho spring oC 1S02 General Grant, ting under orders from General Halleck, as employo;! in keeping tho Confederates in icck in Western Kentucky. In February that year ho advanced on Forts Henry id Donolson with 15,000 men, supported by 3mmodoro Foote's gunboats. After capiring Fort Henry on tho Tennessee, chiefly complished by the gunboats, General Grant ursued tho Confederate forces to Fort Donson. Thero a torriflc battle raged almost ithout interruption for three days and iroo nights, and finally, on February 15, Ki2, tho fort was surrendered unconitionally to Genoral Grant's oo ps. This was tho first great ictory of the Uniou army, and as such was lilod with groat enthusiasm at tho North, rant was elevated to tho rank of majorrneral. Having been appointed to tho >mmand of tho district of West Tennosseo, rant advanced up that river to Pittsburg anding,where his army fought tho battle of hiloh with a Confederate force of 70.000 en under Albert Sidney Johnston. The oderal lines were at first overwhelmed and irown into disorder, and it seemod as lough tho Union army would bo driven ito tho Tennessee; but General Grant >rmed new lines, planted new batteries, and sld the Confederete forces in check until irk, when the long-expected arrival of eneral Buell with 35,000 fresh troops enjled him to retrieve tlie fortunes of the day. ho Confederates, having lost their comander, retired to Corinth. The loss was x>ut 12,000 on either side. General Grant was second in eommnnd to eneral Halleck at the siege of Corinth, and hen the latter was orderod to Washington j was appointed to take tho command of le department of the Tennessee, in which ipaeity he marched against Vicksburg, tho Sibraltar'' of the Confederates, on the Misssippi. After a long and memorable Beige lis place was surrendered unconditionally 1 July 4,1S63, and 87,000 prisoners, 150 can)n, with an immense amount of military ores, fell into the hands of tho Federal -my. When General Rosecrans was defeated at hickamauga, Grant was sent to repair tho saster,and on November 25,18(1.5, ho defeated eneral Bragg at Lookout Mountain, lie defence of Chattanooga by driving eneral Bragg from Missionary Ridgo ana ookout Mountain was regarded as a splend achievement, and Congress bestowed >on General Grant a gold medal. On March 18<i4, General Grant was raised to tho hight military position in the land?that of lieunant-general?and was constituted comander-in-chief of all the armies of the nited States. Invested with this authority eneral Grant's plan was to destroy Leo a hiy. Washington was to bo covered from .id, through tho Shenandoah, by General gel. General Butler was to menace Richond from tho South, Sherman was to press s campaign in Georgia with all vigor, that > roiniorcemonts might bo sent to Lee's aid. eneral Grant, with Meade's army 150,000 north of tho Rapidan, as to draw Lee's army out of their intrenchonts. and either destroy them or compel tern to rush from the threatening of Wasligton to the protection of their own capital Richmond. On Tuesday night, May 3, 1804, General rant crossed tho Rapidan and entered what called the Wilderness. By a flank moveent Grant was getting into the rear of tho onfederate army. Leo rushed from his inenchments and endeavored to overwhelm rant. Then began what has been called ;lie most gigantic and torriflc campaign roirded in history." After eleven days of oody and almost uninterrupted battles, tho ro armies, "on tho twelfth day of this lparalleled struggle, were still confronting ,ch othor, both "on tho defensive stornly oking face to face, both prepared for anher round! With tho dawn thobattlo was newed by a tremendous but vain assault x>n tho Confederate lines. General Lee ivertheless, fearing Grant might get be reen him and Richmond, cutting ofT his pplios, decided to retire, and Grant sueeued in crossing tho North Anna and ached the famous banks of tho Chickahomy. Finding tho intrenehments of tho lemy in his front too formidable to be carxl by direct assault,Grant moved his troops join General Butler at Bermuaa undred. Tho performance of this niovoent in the presence of I^eo's army, who at any points were but a few rods from him, is irhaps one of the most brilliant pages of jneral Grant's military career." Thus rites an historian of these evonts. Many months of weary waiting now folwod, while the people both North and )uth were looking with impatient expcctajn for further developments. Sheridan as in the Shenandoah valley; Thomas was aerating in Tennessee, and Shorman was essing on his march through tho Conderate States to tho sea; but Grant had lietly settled down to the siege of Petersire. \\ ith the coming of the spring of Go, General Leo, whoso slender sources had become well-nigh exhausted, stermitied to assumo tho offensive, and i tho night of March 27, 1805, ho massed ree divisions of his troops in front of Fort madman and on Grant's right, and by a dden rush at daybreak on the following orning succeeded in surprising and capturg that important position. Before noon of o same day, however, it was retaken by tho jderal troops, with all its guns and 1,800 jnfederato prisonors. Three corps were assod under General Sheridan below Peterslrg, and on Sunday morning, April 2, they inked tho Confederates at Big Five jrks, capturing their intrencliments with 000 men. The Federal attack, under eneral Grant's direction, then commenced ong the whole line, and tho assault was so ccessful that on the same night tho Federal rces held the Confederate intrenchments om tho Appomattox, above Petersburg, to ie river below. That same aftonioon, at 3 clock, General Lee telegraphed to President avis that lie had been driven from his in enchments and that Petersburg and Richond must be abandoned, which operation as performed that night; and on the next iv?April 3, IbOj?tho Federal army enred Petersburg and Genoral Weitzel occued Richmond. By rapid movements Genal Grant cut o(T General l^ee's retreat to ynchburg and Danville, catno up ith him at Apjtomattox Court-House, and nianded his immediate surrender. The two liefs met, arranged the details, and on Sunxy, April 0, lSG5,the army of Northern Virinia capitulated. The whole of General ie's army of ?7,00) ofllcers and mon "n'fli rui^itv'ccmn fr* rofnm n f. ice tothoir homes. General Johnston's sur nder to General Sherman on practically the tme terms speedily followed, and the war as at an end, but at a terrible cost. Genal Grant's losses in 1SG-1 alone wore moro an 80,0 JO in killed, wounded and missing. [1118G0 General Grant was promoted to the 11k of general, that honor being created scially for him by Congress. In igust, 1807, on the suspension of r. Stanton by President Johnson, General ant consented to fill the ofllco of secrerv of war ad interim4, but the Sennto rosing to approvo the suspension, General ant on January 13, 18158, gave back tho Ice to Mr. Stanton. On June 20, ISfVS, General Grant was made 3 almost unanimous presidential candidate tho Republican national convention, and was elected over Horatio Seymour, receiv? 214 electoral votes against eighty cast for b Democratic candidate. In 1872 ho was elected over Horaco Greeley, receiving 280 sctoral votes, against sixty-threo in opsition. After his retirement from tho presidential air in 1877 General Grant und family ulo a tour of the world. He is everywhere received with high honor? d returned home loaded with gifts from reign princes and rulers. In 18S0 General Grant was again a promint candidate for the presidential nomination fore tho Republican national convention Chicago; and the strugglo tliat was made his behalf by IMIO delegates under tho lead Roscoc Conkling constitutes one of tho most citing chapters in the political history of a country. It required o'J'J votes to choose nominea, and from tho first to tho thirtycth and last ballot General Grant't vote tied but littlo from the historic 0. On tlio thirty-sixth ballot James a. irlield was nominated by the following ito: Garfield, Grant, 300; Blaine, 42; ashburno, 5; Sherman, d. After his journoy arounil tho world Gonal Grant removed to New York citv, in orir to be near his sons, who were in business ore. Ho became u partner in tho firm of rant & Ward, whose collapse last year croed such widespread consternation in finanal circles, and was followed by the downfall several prominent New York banks and inking houses. With tho bankruptcy of rant & Ward General Grant's large" formo was swept away, all that remained him boing tho annual interest derived from io $.'50,000 which was presontod to him by lends somo years ago, and which was inusted so that it could not be touched or aficted by business vicissitudos. When ho id recovered somewhat from the shock of is financial fall General Grant sot to work > partly retrieve his fallen fortunes by terary work, and at the time of bis death asengagod upon his autobiography. IIo id also written an account of tho battle of liiloh, which was published in tho Ccnturij. ut tho rapid inroads which disease made pon his strength compelled a cessation from terary labors. Somo timo last summer, whilo at Long ranch, General Grant was troubled with . . ? j ~ i,fc. nac no supposeu u> uc u wiu *<> mi iid at first gave little heed to the matter, ut getting worse, he consulted doctors, who tade a thorough examination and decided int ho was suffering from a cancer of the )nguo, caused, it was supposed, by excessive noking. Then he put himself under a thorugh course of medical treatment. Suddenly ie day a few weeks since ago tbo whole untry was startled by tho anjuncement that General Grant's ul was noar, that ho had not six months to ve; and over since then daily bulletins ;corded the varyiug phases of the disease hich was fast sapping his strength and vitlity. A few minutes before the expiration of the last Congre&s, on the 4th of March, the House of Representatives passed a bilJ placing him on tho retired list as a general of the army, with full pay, thus ensuring an income of v about f 13,500 a year during the remainder of JN< his life. With this action of Congress General Grant was greatly pleased, and it was hoped it would have a beneficial effect upon his spirits and fast-failing health; but tho good effect was only temporary. M When it was apparent that the disease would prove fatal, a cable dispatch was sent to his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, who re sides in England, and sho arrived at ttie dcuside of her rather a few weeks afro. Tho other members of the family who have been in con- ' stant attendance upon General Grant aro go Mrs. Grant, Colonel Fred Grant, Jesse Grant, * Ulysses 8. Grant, Jr., Mrs. Sartoris, and the wives of his sons. *-'11 fir: A FKENCH DEFEAT, * mi Badly Whipped by tlio Chinese?The '^c French ITIiiiistry ICeaign. act A dispatch from Paris says: "It is officially mi announced that the Chineso troops on tho tio Tonquin frontier made a desperate attack leg upon the intrenched camp which had been sul established by General Negrier between ap Langson and Kilua, and from which General ral Negrier had been making reconnoissances bo- roi yond the frontier separating Tonquin from an China proper. The Chineso drove the foi French back to Langson and recaptured ?c that town. During this sories of ^ fights General Negrier was grievous- do ly wounded, and tho French po casualties were very serious. The latest accounts represent the French troops to be in co full retreat, with the Chineso vigorously pur- . suing them. A vast quantity of commissary "T and other stores has been lost. General Ne- JVI grier received a gunshot wound in tho chest 80> General I3riere d'lsle. who is in cmer com- ?mand in Tonquin, telograpbs for assistance f in an imploring tone, whicn leads the Parisi- J?,r ans to expect further disasters. A council of war was held in Paris with tho minister of war presiding. Inteirse excitement prevails wherover tho Dad news has become known in France." On tho day following tho announcement of A1 the French defeat thero was a stormy session of the French chamber of deputies in hl Paris. A strong force of military at was on duty to prevent a riot and preserve order in the chamber. Notwithstanding this * precaution, tho galleries wore crowded with men who plainly showed their irritation over K the defeat at Langson by keeping up a noisy discussion and hurling denunciatory epithets ? at tho various members of the cabinet and their supporters as they entered tho chamber, gj some shouting, "Resign! resign!" and "Down M with the ministry!" tr In tho midst of the turmoil Premier Ferry rose to announce the decision of tho council Ci of ministers. Ho was greeted with a storm V{ of hissess from all parts of the chamber. When silence was restored he presented the government's request for a credit of $40,000,- eu 1)00 on account of tho military operations in di China. " Ho ha l barely concluded his remarks when on a number of deputies of tho right sprang to fo their feet, yelling "Down with the wretch 1' It was'some time before order was restored, and 111 had "it not been for the presence of the troops co there is hardly any doubt that violence would re have been dono. During this scene in the cham- Y ber the crowd outside became a uownng moo, ? and made several attempts to pass the guards j? and enter the building. p M. Ferry's motion was rejected by a vote be of 308 to 101, and he immediately announced la the resignation of the entire ministry. This. J. was greeted with wild and tumultuous ap- 1* plause, and the chamber was then cleared. Prior to the vote M. Ferry read the dos- L* patches regarding the Langson affair. He N added that the retreat of the French had si been effected in perfect order. The troops n? had found themselves confronted by the Ct Chinese forces whose numbers it had been im- E possible to foresee. The French generals had cl been obliged to re-enter tho Ited river delta ce and to maintain the defensive. cc General Negrier, who was wounded at di Langson, has been promoted to bo general of fc division. The Figaro says says 1,200 of tho tl; French troops wore killod or wounded in tho p< engagement at Langson. Further official despatches made public at P Faris show that not only Langson, but all the G strategic positions in its vicinity, have been n< recovered DV*the Chinese. & i b< UlSSMAKUK'S J31RTHDAY, 8' ? ni Great Honors Pnld to Xlim by the 1'coplo of Goruiany* ' tc Tlio seventieth anniversary of Prince Bis. r( marck's birthday has been celebrated throughout the German empiro as a holiday g< of extraordinary interest Emperor William y and his son,Crown Prince Frederick William, " attended by all the resident princes tl of the imperial family, called upon the n: chancellor in Berlin at 10 o'clock in a] the morning, and congratulated him. ol During this imperial visit tho omperor per- is sonally presented a wonderful oil copy of J tho great portrait of himself to Princo Bis- is marck as a personal memento. This gift was w fnllnu-n/? Kv t.V?o nmnornr'a r?oPArnt.ino? flnunt; A Herbert Bismarck, the chancellor's son, with si tho order of tho Red Eagle. The imperial v visitors spent most of tho remainder of tho morning at tho chancellor's t< residence. After their departure tho B Federal councilors and minis tens called and ci presented their congratulations. tl Tho Bismarck birthday testimonial committee subsequently visited tho chancellor f< and formally presented him with the title K deeds of the great Schoenhausen estato. The la entire afternoon was taken up by delegations m which had come to present testimonials from el all classes of the German people and from all ci parts of the empire. Emperor William kissed Prince Bismarck tl several times during their interview, and pi tears filled Prince Bismarck's eyes. Visitors se streamed to the palace throughout tho day fc and thousands of congratulatory letters and Ji telegraphic dispatches, including messages ci fr%m all the European courts were received, at Emperor Francis Joseph and Count Kalnoky telegraphed their congratulations. Prince a3 Bismarck entertained 000 gnests at a ban- dc quet at Bismarck birthday festivals and torchlight I* processions occurred in all tho large towns of St theempire. In the cities of Munich, Cologne, Carlsruhe, Kissingen and Breslau these n? demonstrations were particularly magnifl- sr cent. ttr Numerous presents were received by the Si chancellor. Emperor William sent a golden is coronet and a duplicate, painted by Werner, of his picturo, "The Proclamation of Versailles.'1 The city of Munich sent a silver ? shield weighing thirty pounds, and the king of Saxony a crown decorated with diamonds. Berlin was crowded. Deputations also arrived from the universities of Erlangen, Tubingen and Gottingen. They conferred tl the degree of doctor of laws upon Prince oi Bismarck. s< The torchlight procession was a great sue- p cess, thera being 12,000 men in line, with cm twenty bands. In the procession was an alle- ft gorical car, symbolizing Uerman unity, v Groups of Cameroon negroes wore also in lino, ci ?- b BARRIOS BADLY BEATEN, r The Guatemalian Dictator Whipped v by (ho Salvador Army. Advices by way of Libortad stato that General Barrios attacked the Salvadorian fron- 4 tier position El Coco, thus breaking the ^ promise given by him to the United States n minister not to invade Salvador, and begin ^ iiing operations without a declaration of war. a The battlo raged fiercely until nightfall, ^ when tlio Salvadorian forces concentrated I upon Chulchuapa. Hostilities were virtually I o suspended during the night, but at daylight j J tho Guatemalans made a desperate rush in j 1 an attempt to carry the Salvadoranian posi- j tion by storm. C Only tho superior position of the Salvador- ' E anian forces saved them from annihilation by i S the almost overwhelming numher.-i of tho E Guatainalians. Toward the middle of tho | (. uuy iiri'uriiis neio iu u ti?"?v ......... aside mid a terrific hand-to-hand fight begun, in which the troops 011 both sides did terrible a execution with the sanguinary favorite ' weapon of the Indian?tho machete. a This is a long and heavy knife or sword, which serves the Central American aliko in a peace and war, being an implement con- ^ stantly used in?agriculture there and as great ,, a favorite in fighting. . After nearly ten hours' fighting in which, J as is usual in Central America, quarter was j j, neither given or taken, tho Gaatemalians I tj wore completely routed, leaving about 1,500 [ jc of their number 011 the field dead or rt wounded. They retreated across the frontier in great hasto and disorder. Though greatly exhausted by tho engagement the Halvudoranian troops?who showed | w a determined spirit throughout,in groat con- 1 v: trast to the frequent instances of half-heart- I si edness among tho Guatemalans?wero anx- | ti ious to pursue the enemy across tlio border, j T but they were restrained from entering Gua- ! A temalian territory. C m se in NOBMAN J, COLMAN. ? c The ?cw Commissioner oT Acrlriil- -\\ tnro Appointed by the l'rtsliicnl. Norman J. Colinan, who succeeds Dr. Georgo B. Loring as commissioner of agricul- J tui o, is aliout sixty years old, and has been a j rosiilent of Missouri ror moro innn unrcy i years. Ho is tho editor of the Ilural World,of j ^ St. Lo;iis, near which city ho has a farm, on ; ^ which ho is constantly carrying on oxperi- | nionts. He has had practical expericnco in | stock breeding, drives a fast trotter and is j ai familiar with equine pedigrees. For two or | threo yoars ho has Ixwn president of tho : S: National Sugar Growers' association, and at tho last annual mooting, in St. ni Louis, last December, ho expressed confidence that sorghum was destined to supply all the sugar this country needs. At that cc meeting Colonel Column was unanimously nominated for tho ofiice to which ho has now 01 been appointed. He was the Granger candidate for governor in 1874, but was defeated. gl A year or two later, however, he was elected lieutenant-governor on the Democratic ticket. ei j Sfi j THE MATE ADJOURNS. jminations and Confirmation During the Extra Session. oit of the President's Nominei Confirmed, rho special session of the United Stat< nnt? nHimirnprl nn tVin tAVPiit'.v-sneond da its sittings. About a dozen of Presidei jvoland's nominations were left uncoi med. Tlio nomination of Alexander I wton, of Georgia, to bo minister to Ru , was reported adversely by the con tteo on foreign a flairs. Pre int Cleveland requested that r ;ion bo taken by the Senate in order that 1 ght have time to consider a curious que n which lias arisen regarding Mr. Lawton ;al right to take tho ottico. Tho Preside! asequently withdrew tho nomination, pears that Mr. Lawton, as an ex-Confod te soldior,never had his political disabiliti noved under the terms of the constitution lendment applying to such cases, but b re that amendment became a part of tl institution ho received a pardon from tl esident of tho United States. Some or s raised tho point that the executivo pa n is not sufficient, and that Mr. Lawton litical disabilities could not be removed i y other way than that laid down in tl nstitutional amendment. Tho nominees to foreign missions co meJ during the session were: A, 1 eiley, or Virginia, to ituiy; K. a. Anae n, ot Wisconsin, to Denmark; Rufus M e, of Indiana, to Sweden and Norway; J Hubbard, of Texas, to Japan; Isaac Bo! of Rhode Island, to tho Netherland jorge W. Merrill, to the Hawaiian Island Iward P. C. Lewis, of New Jersey, to Be gal; William R. Roberts, of New York, lili; T. J. Jarvis, ot North Carolina, azil, and C. W. Buck, of Kentucky, >ru. The following consuls-general were co med: Thomas 51. Waller, of Connectici London; Frederick Rains, of Marylan Berlin, and Edmund Jussen, of Illinois, ienua. Other nominees confirmod were: A. L nott, of Maryland, for second assistant poi aster general; Norman J. Colman, issouri, for commissioner of Agricultui sneral Joseph E. Johnston, of V ma, for railroad commissioner; Alexand cCue, of Now York, for solicitor of t easury; David Settle for United Stat arshal for the Western district of Nor irolina; and William Caldwell for si syor of the port of Cincinnati. Tho following nominees for collectors e internal revenue were confirmed: Clei it Dowd, for the Sixth North Caroli: strict; Isham G. Searcey, for the Thi :xas district; Nathan Gregg, for the S< id Tennessee district; and Andrew J. Bo; r the Fifth North Carolina district. Henry G. Pearson was confirmed for pa aster of New York. Other postmastc nfirmed were: Osbun Shannou at La nee, Kan.; Andrew D. Morgan, at Ilion, ., Myron H. Peck, Jr., at Butavin, N. 'i rastus F. Babcock, at lilniira, N. Y.; Mac Dnner, at Washington, N. C.; Charles jok, at McPhsrsou, Kan.; Adelbert She srd, at Waverly, Iowa; B. S. Gray, at Po nd, Ind.; J. A. Showaltor at Latrobe, Pi R. llaynsford at Montrose, Pa.; Tiion" , French at Alexandria, La, The nominations left unconfirmed wc-i awis McMullen, for appraiser of the port ew York: W. W. Lang, of Texas, for co il at Hamburg; Charles T. Russell, of C'c :cticut, for consul at Liverpool; A. ] ross, of Pennsylvania, for consul at Atbei . P. Howell, of Georgia, for consul at Ma lester; Henry P. Kernochan, for naval o: r at New Orleans; James O. Henderson, 1 illector of internal revenue for the Eleven strict of Indiana; John T. McGra1 >r collector of internal _ revenue 1 10 District of West Virginia; ai jstmasters: Henry L. Kenyon, orthflold, Vt.; Goo. T. Gross, at Allentow a.: James Corcoran, at Rome, N. Y., a . Marion Moore at rleasanton, Kan. Tin >minations fall with tho adjournment of 1 snate. As they were fnot rejected by tl xly, however, the President can at once i Dint them to the offices he desires them 11 and send their names to the Senate at jxt session. One nomination?that of G. Marion Mo< i bo postmaster at Pleasanton, Kansas?w jectedL Thomas Waller, who receives the consi jneralship at Lon-lon, is the ex-governor onnecticut. Fred Raines,of Maryland,w appointed consul-general at Berlin, is t liter of tho Dcutscfie Coirespondent, one io leading German newspapers of Bal lore. Edmund Jussen, of Chicago, who ^pointed consul-general to Vienna, is i Liier prominent; ueriiiuu-rt-iiiunuiLu. j the brother-in-law of Carl Schurz. . Jarvis, of North Carolina, appointed m tor to Brazil, is tho Governor Jarvis w as a candidate for a cabinet poaitii Joxander R. Lawton,nominated for the ir on to Russia, is a prominent lawyer of i nnnah. A. M. Keiley, who was nominated as minis ) Italy, is a lawyer in successful practice Richmond, Va. He has been mayor of tl ty, and was for several years chairman 10 Democratic funders' committee. Edward Parke Custis Lewis, the nomii >r the mission to Portugal, is a resident [oboken, N. J. He is said to be distantly ted to Secretary Bayard, and has been lember of the legislature, a president! ectorand a member of tho State Den: atic committee. Isaac Bell, Jr., nominated to be minister 10 Netherlands, is a wealthy citizen of Ne 5rt, II. I., a prominent Democrat, and li veral times been tho Democratic Candida >r governor, lie is the brother-in-law imes Gordon Bennett. Ho was tho Don: atic caudidato for the United State-; Se a at tho last senatorial election in nis Stal Rufus Magoe.of Indiana,who was nominal i minister to Sweden and Norwiy is a re: Hit of Logausport, a lawyorand State s> wr, a mau of local prominence as an acti ilitician, and an especial friend of e motor McDonald. Rasmus B. Anderson, of Wisconsin, non tlx-J to be minister resident and consul-ge al to Denmark, is a Scandinavian scboia id is the author of a number of books up :andinavian folk lore and mythology. 1 a professor in a Wisconsin university. 1ENATE EXTRA SESSIOi Nineteenth Day. To the committer on the improvement 10 Mississippi river was referred a resoluti (i'ered by Mr. Harrison, as follows: I >lved, That the resolution of the Sena asst'd 011 March 4, 1S-S5, authorizing t amniittee on tho improvement of t lississippi river to -sit during 1 acation of the Senate, and to ma jrtain investigations therein naim e, and tho same is hereby rescind ... The nominations of postmasters at F lyra, N.Y., l'lattsburg, ST. Y., Chatham, Geneva, N. Y., Erie. Penn., Elizabe r. J., Decatur, Ala., Newman, Ga., Gain illo, Ga., and other places wero confirmed Twentieth Day. The Senate received a long list of nomii ions from the President... .In executive ? ion the following nominees for postmas ero confirmed: Win. T. Iglehart, at I apolis, Md.; Frederick G. Kendrick, lount Clements, Mich.; Aquilla Jones. S t Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Lizzie H. Fickl t Charleston, 111.; Claiborn Bowman, .'azoo City. Miss. ; Warren S. Barrows, linsdalo, N. H.; Samuel W. Cobb, at II ver, >i. II.; hdwin C. I'letcher, at Camd lo.; Samuel J. Gerrish, at Portsmouth, I.; W 111. F. Kennedy, at Taunton, Mtu icholos II at he way, at Fall River, Mo? rs'Ji! G. Couch, at Amherst, Mass.; \V turns, at Plymouth, Mass.; Mrs. Elizalx . Herbert, at Newberry Court Hous?, S. lonald J. Auld, at Sumter Court House, L; N. C. Ridenour, at Clarinda, Iowa, TtveiUy-f ir.?4t Day, The Senate agreetl to rescind the resolut: dopted by it on July 5, 1NS4, directing i rceant-at-arms and the architect of 1 ipitol to rent and prepare suitable roo utsido of the capitol for the use of S to committees in tho next Congre Ir. Allison then called up his resolution p iding for a committee of seven Senators t during the recess to take measures to uce tho contingent expenses of tho Sena [r. Van Wyclc asked how much would le probable expense nf tho committee, am ng debate followed on this question. T (solution was finally adopted. Twenty-Second Day. Upon motion of Mr. Sherman, the ch; as authorized to appoint a committee, p idt d for by a resolution of Mr. Allison, t during tho recess and take into considei on tiie contingent expenses of the Sena ho following Senators were named: Mess llisin. Piatt, Plumb, Miller, of New Yoi ockrell, Harris and Payne In exeeuti ission the following nominations for p: ia.>ter were confirmed: Charles McNeil, orrington, Conn.; Michael J. Dougherty, alesburg. III.: Ansel Watrous, at Fort C ris, Col.; Palemon Wiley, at Central Cil ol.: Wilber F. Horn, at Id iho Springs, C'c imam itoiuoii, at -\ovuasue. i'enn. NEWSY GLEANING3L Surf bathing has commenced in S iego, C'al. Great Britain has 100,400 more feran uui males. France hns more suspension bridges tli ly other nation. The skating rink fever bas reached 1 andwich Islands. The descendants of Brigbaru Young n umbar 13,00'J poisons. This country controls three-quarters of 1 >rntlelds of the whole world. l'ltoviDKNcK, It. I., hastfchty churohei 10 to every 1 , '>( (I inhabitants. The great grain sections of California i itl'eriug from the lack of rnin. The value of wood used annually in co< age in the United.States is 714,770. NEWS SUMMARY i Kailtn and Middle State*. ig A bill to prevent the adulteration of dsis^ products passed the Pennsylvania senate by thirty-two to fivo. Fire completely destroyed a buil ling flvo stories high and seventy-five feet wide in New n . . York, ocrunipd nsra nrintintr lintioa Kir Kr>Vm- J ? maker and ?ftinger.r Lossj" nearly $300,030. TuoSiAS Crawford, city treasurer of Oswego, N. "X., has been found short in his accounts about $'.>6,000. The body of Frederick Hinkol.late German I consul at Chicago, was cremated in the Lan- c y caster (Penn.) crematory. lt Frederick S. "VVinsto.v, president of the [i- Mutual Life Insuranco company, of New F ^ York, a man widely celebrated ia the busi- v ness of life insurance, died a few days since f s* in a Fcrnandina (Flo.) hotel, aged seventy- . a- nine years. ^ s- Henry Irving, the notel English actor, 10 delivered an address on the art of acting bo- r fore the faculty of Harvard collage at Cam- c 10 bridge, Mas \ s IS" The Republicans were successful by their c i's usual majority in the Rhode Island olection, ? at Georgo P. "VVetmoro being choscn govornor. r ti Rev. Mahlon Van Horne, a colored man, was t elected to tho assembly. r Mrs. Scott Spring, of Alexander, N. Y., ? 0 after a trifling dispute with her husband, I al saturated her two children's clothing with 1 3_ kerosene and sot them on firo. Then she cut 1 her throat with a razor. The father, who c 16 was at work a short distance from tho house, I 10 rushed in too lato to save tho lives of his 10 family. 1 n South and West* 0 II g 10 A. 0. 31 vers, a member of tho Ohio legis- e latvre, called the presiding ofll ;er a liar, and n- a general fight was prevented only by the iL interference of tha Fergeant-at-arms. r- Myers' expulsion was moved by several mema hers. Ho attempted suicide during tho evening. ['?. William Neal, hanged the other day at I j Graynon. Ky., was the last of tho three men ? who murdered three children at Ashland in 'r" 1881. One had previously been legally exe:? cuted and another was hanged by a mob. The attempt of a mob to lynch tho three prisoners in 1882 led to a collision with the militia in which more than twenty persons were killed or wounded. j' William Watson hilled John Davis at a a? horso race in the Iudinn Territory. The same afternoon a brother of Davis shot and gQ killed Watson. st- A fire gutted the county court house at Qf .Trtoanh Mn '('Kft KniMini* Anoi*- 4Q"rt ft'Vi o; W. B. iS&utt, chief of the city Are depart- I ir- meat, was fatally injured. \ or A colored dwarf named Davis, fourteen i "e years of age, is under sentence of death for 1 e? the murder of a whito man, a cripple, at t Marion, S. C. { u" Louisa Turner, aged fifty; "William Tur- 1 . ner, aged twenty,and a ten-year-old girl were catching clams m Craddock creek, Virginia, " when their boat upset and all were drowned. Ila A quarrel which broke out in Rowan jc- county, Ky., last August, over the election pj of a sheriff, has resulted in several tragedies and a final reigii of terror throughout the 5t- entire county. Armed bands of men patrol !r3 the county, and the sheriff, judges, district w. attorney and other officials have fled. N. Flames in Chicago burned out the Naf.; tional Printing company and Eradner. ou Smith & Co., paper dealers, entailing a total E. loss of nearly $400,000. P" Two Illinois representatives?Messrs. Crafts rt" and Baker? came to blows during a session ^ I of the lower house, and there was a great 133 scene of disorder. The speaker immediately adjourned the house. The row arose over a bill. ? Sylvester J. Osborne, a skating-rink "professor" who eloped with Rcbecca Kearerr" ley, a Bucyrus, (Ohio) heiress, has been senj_. tenced to three years in the penitentiary for n_' bigamy. ? Washington. ith No nominations reached tho Senate in iv, time to be considered on the 27tb, as itad!or journed before tho President's messenger ad reached the capitol. The principal nominaat tions in the list, however, were understood <n, to bo General Joseph E. Johnston, of Virnd ginia, for commissioner of the Pajse cific railroads; Colonel N. J. Colman, no of St. Louis, commissioner of agricullat ture, and Judgo Alexander McCue, of Brookip lyn. N. Y., solicitor of tbe treasury. Gento eral Johnston was a prominent Confederate its officer, and a member of the Forty-sixth Congress. Mr. Coleman is the editor of an >re agricultural paper printed in St. Louis, as Ex-President Arthur a fow days since loft the city for Fortress Monroe. . President Cleveland has been presented j with a twenty-one pound cabbage by a Fort jPr Worth (Texas) grocery house. Ho attended ? church on the 29th for the first time since his ? inauguration, going to the First Presbyterian ? church, tho Rev. Dr. Sunderland, pastor, and occupying a pew which had been selected : ,s for his use. , [j Lindsey Muse, the veteran doorkeeper J? for the secretary of the navy, has served in . * that capacity for fifty-seven years. j ho Nominations mado by the Prosidenton the . )n 31st: Henry G. Pearson, to be postmaster at j lisl New York city. To be envoys extraordinary , ia. and ministers plenipotentiary of the United* , States?"William R. Roberts, of Now York, j fer to Chili: Charles W. Buck, of Kentucky, to J at Peru; Richard B. Hubbard, of Texas, to , iat Japau: to be United States consul at Ham( 0f burg, Germany, William W. Lang, of Texas; to be consul at Liverpool, England, Charles . iee T. Russell, of Connecticut; to ba commission- ; 0f er of agriculture, Norman J. Colman, of re. Missouri; to bo collector of inf ternal revenue, district of "West Virginia, John T. McGraw,of West Virginia: 10_ to be collector of internal revenue, fifth district of North Carolina, Andrew J. Boyd, of t0 North Carolina: to be naval officer at New vv. Orleans, Henry P. Kernochan, of Louisana. n3 The reappointment of Postmaster Pearson ,'te excited tno most interest, as his claims had 0f been vigorously pushed for the position by | l0. prominent Now York newspapers and voters of Republican antecedents, who had worked 0* and voted for Cleveland. It was claimed by theso " mugwumps" that Mr. Pearson, ( although a Republican, should be n. reappointed on tho score of cawina rofn??m onrl fllO PraaiHflnt x_ doferred to their wishes. It was stated, however, tlint the appointment of Mr. Pearson ji. would form 110 precedent for the appointment n. of other Republicans to prominent positions; ir that the President made an exception in Mr. rjn Pearson's case which he would not make in j0 other instances. TnE national debt statement for March, isr sued by the treasury department, is the first ' statement made under the new administra- < tion. Two statements have been issued, one according to the old and the other according to a now form. Tho old form shows a de- 1 crease in tho debt of ?4S3,7i7.98, and the new i of form shows an increase of $59,256.18. j on le- Forelyn# te, War has actually begun in Central Ameri- , he ca, tho forces of Guatemala and Honduras, he acting in harmony, having had skirmishes ] ho with troops from San Salvador. An alliance , trA K\r Snn f^olvrwlnr Nionrnfma Hi, and Costa Rica to protect themselves from ( led the encroachments of Barrios, president of 1 al- uuatemala, who wants to become supreme N. rulorof the five republics of Central Amerith, ca in spite of tho refusal of the three namod ! es- to enter into a uuioa . Mucn disconteut exists in leading French . cities 011 account of au increase in the cost of 1Qr bread. 1 les- The losses of the British in Egypt from ' ter July, 1SS2. to March, 18*4, according to tho < Ln- official (iguro-, are as follows: Bombardment < at | of Alexandria, 5 killed, 27 wounded; Kassas- , !r., I sin, 10 killed, 102 wounded; Tel-el-Kobir, 70 .in, j killed, .">87 wounded; El Tob, :J5 killed, 155 s at ; wounded; Tamar, 107 killed, 110 wounded; at other skirmishes, 10 killed, OS wounded, an- I Total, 255 killed and 915 wounded. Of the en, ' wounded, 0.j have died. Sickness carried off ' N. I 871 and sent 4,405 home to England. i is.; | Fki.vce Oklofk, formerly Russian am- | is. I bassador to Paris, is dead. , m. j The British government, in view of the ?th contemplated war with Russia, is negotiating ' C.; for tho purchase of some oi the fast ocean S. steamships plying between England and New York, to be used for transportation purposss. Many followers of El Mahdi, tho False inn Prophet, are joining the standard of El San the 1 tonisi, nu opposition prophet. the j HaSLAX, tho hitherto invincible oarsman> jns | has had his championship honors wrested from ( 'eu j him by Beach, tlip Australian, who for tho , >ss* ; sccond time has defeated the Canadian in n j boat raco on the 1'arraniatta river, Australia. ro. j A Shanghai dispatch says that a British te I steamer collided with and s?nt to the bottom ^ a Chinese steamer. Seventy lives were lost, il a j Portions of Spain have been visited by 'ho i nnotner serious earthquake. Many persons { were injured and houses damaged. I General Barrios and his Guatemala | troops have be?n defeated in a battle with tho ' i San Salvador forces in Central America, to Tun French chamber of deputies unanira , inously voted tho first installment, amountte. i ing to $10,000,000, of tho Tonquin crodit <>( rs. | $40.0 JO,000 asked for by M. Ferry beforo the k: | resignation of his cabinet. vo 1 Ql ee.v Victoria has sailed in tho royal ist- j yaclit for Aixdes-Bains, France. I Osmax dinjta has withdrawn from Tainai. , I Many Arab tribes aro reported to bo desertt?v iuShini,j . J Franz Art, tho Gorman musician and I composer, is dead at tho age of sixty-fivo 1 years. Thk French government has chartered ten j steamers to transport troops to China. an I ? ? Ioij MINER'S PERIL?. an ! iWorc iliait 10!) Killed by Tlirco Kx-'1g |)Io?1oiin ill one ow ( Forty miners were imprisoned and instant! ly killed by nn explosion of fire damp in the Lho Domln-rtii-Oniau lining company's colliery ! at Ti'oppau, in Austrian Silesia. 5? Kil'ty .-i* miners were killed on Hie samo : day by nn explosion in the mines owned by iro ! liaron Rothschild, at Astran, Austria. i At I a. m. an explosion of {.;ns occurred at the coal mines of Nenor Krazuriz in l<el?u. 'I'" | Chili. Thirty-five miners wcro killed and thirteen dangerously wounded. * ffAB IN MANITOBA, .ggj Canadian Police Defeated bj ' Riel's Rebels. . ./jfj?9 v'- '-''M Che Military Called Out, and ,'M Great Excitement in Canada. The half-breeds under the notorious Loaia liel havo been victorious in their first en. '< ounter in British America with the Cant* ' &? .ian mounted police sent against them to mt down the rebellion. The trouble, it rill be remembered, has resulted -.^si rom the demand of the halfireeds in British America for more land, * iomand with which the Canadian govern- '" 'jhct aent was slow to comply. Louis Kiel, tbe irganizer of the present movement, led a ~ WM imilar insurrection in 1870, but was finally > impelled to flee to the United V5W states, whoro he has remained until' . ecently. Ho is woll educated, and ?J3 las been a member of the Canadian partta^ , : v.-sBiB nent. His followers consist mostly of French, *SB Scotch and Indian half-breeds, and theyqom- | >ose the groat majority of the population at' he sccne of iusurrcction In Manitoba, British ' >3p9 America. A dispatch from Winnipeg, the , hief city in Itanitoba, gives the following larticulars of the opening flght: The rebel army, which numbers about ' -i ,500 men, surrounded Fort Carlton nearly a reek ago and besieged it. Major Crosier nd a garrison of 125 men held oat a* long -" ffiaBB is possible, and when their supplies became ^ ixhausted the major resolved to dash through he enemy and make for Duck Lake, when a upply post is located and which was bald by ?, he rebels. ' JvSa "With fifty picked mon the major suddenly '*?:, > ode out of tne fort and dashed southward oward Duck Lake. "The enemy was comdetely surprised, but quickly sprang to anna M aid fired on the police. The latter returned , 'jgg he fire, and for some time, amid t&e wuoecc - vpa* loafuaion, the engagement was kept op. The - , ; arger portion of the police succeeded in ' ireaking thrpugb the ranks of the enemy and .. C'vSSB jalloped off toward Duck Laka DuriM the ight, according to the first report, ^gM . .WrH| nouutcd polico were killed and fifteen of the - v*. ;J Later advices state that the authorities a* CVinnipeg had received news from Humboldt >f another engagement between the mounted - ; '?*?.wlice and too Prince Albert volunteer ' 9gMH orps and a force of about 800 nbdr, iear Duck Laka Thirteen volunteer* * ;im| ind police were killed, and the rebel lew vas very heavy. The volunteers and i j police wero coming down the trail from 7act Carleton to Duck Lake to secure rap- '>5m J1IU9* 1UO IOUOJO 1U uugo U?UHW?? r*Mv mj ; ng in ambush, and when the police wen In a )iece of thick underbrush, at a signal the - - ; jgjB ebels rushed upon them. Firing was iept up for some time with ter- - gH ible effect on both aides. A if arge number of Indians were with the rebels, ? ind their war whoops were heard abort loise of the rifles. The police and volnnteer* C. ,> inally fought their way through and retread ;d upon Fort Carleton, which they readied n safety, leaving a number of wounded be- ^.5 A telegram from Brandon says that the fflBk noun ted police captured Louis GenviUe, an emissary of lliel, who had been senfwith leF-/ .vSJfflB :ers to the Indians and half breeds of Broad* ?iew, Oak Lake and Bail St PauL The prisoner said he left Riel six days previously, md that he hod then six American cannon | md 1,?00 men, and that he was being joined jy American Indiana - . ' M At Montreal a state of intense exdtahunt prevailed, owing to the alarming new coo^ ierning the Riel rebellion. The Sixty-fifth ??? Battalion, a French regiment, was called out. - ;J2j [or active service, and the other city rati-, nents were orders to hoM tbemsetvea ? - eaainess to pruwwi w vu? uvu?, n imn neoting of citizens was held at the Victoria Rifles armory, at which addresses weredaivered by the mayor and loading dtlfam. Colonel Irvine burned Fort Carleton to prfrrent the rebels from occupying it, and re- > created to Princo Albert. ? A scout who was present at the Dock Laka , ~~;"j39 3ght says that at least forty rebels ware billed by Mayor Crozier's force of seventy* . ' J3H Ive mounted police. A Qu'Appetle despatch announces the cap- : tureofoneof Riel's emmissaries, who state* that Riel has a thousand men under his commaud. Many of them are Indians and all ' .-^wB ire well armed. He says that Riel followed . ^ Irvine and Crozier when they deserted Carloton, and another engagement is certain. He -. lays that the Indians are flocking to BfeL . A. company of eighteen scouts wan oat- '.\.V5HM luring March, from Qu'Appelie station to Fort Qu'Appelie. The scouts scoured the :ountrv. b our doctors aro earnestly desired it Carleton. An effort will be made to send :hem. The rebels refuse to let the mails go ' ' J md threaten to shoot the couriers. They will ' >. lot injure tho settlers if they remain quiet rhe insurgents are pillaging the stores. Big Board and Beariy have a thousand Indiana ' well armed. , Later advices irom Winnipeg sk?u> mhi -raa "Battleford has been captured. The Indiana . liave got possession of every house in the ' * -258m placa All tho residents in town and tbe settlers and their families in the neighborhood ' moved to the barracks. Several hundred Indl* . JH ans catno from Poundmakert reserve, raid- ~vglM tng farmers' houses on the war, and took pea- |?||9 session of the industrial school, helping them- v selves to what they wanted. They professed peace, but their conduct belied their words. I "Three police and ten Prince Albert volua- twrs were killed and as many wounded, and forty-one rebels ora known to be killed.,. "John McDonald, formerly of Winnipeg. who is now at Battleford, telegraphed to hit brother Alexander that the Indians had poa? ' session of the town and had sacked all ths - ' vjjM houses and woro preparing to attack the bar- * racks, where the inhabitants were- barri- rt3m coded. The Indians will probably lay siegs to tbe barracks. The fortihcations are believed , to bo pretty strong, and a considers ble qnan- . tity of provisions has been laid in. The HudBon Bay company, the Canadian Pacific rail- " way and other institutions which have re- ' ';?5g ceived intelligence from the far West, all now acknowledge that the Indians have ' 'plm arisen and that their worst faars may be m- ."J-jS alized. Just as soon as tbe Indians attack - ?8 Battleford all communication will be cat off -Wg? by tho rebels." _ '..-.3 LATJSK JNJSWS I A great auction sale of paintings lias just m J taken place in New York. In all 285 pictana ^ were sold, and they brought $106,600. Tb?' 1 highest-priced picture was one by Jules Breton, which sold for $18,300. J The law stepped in and prevented Sullivan >3 ind McCaffrey, the prize fighters, from hav V ing their so-called "match" In Philadelphia, ?. (or which they had been training several 4 weeks. James E. Chasdler, president, and John . B. Ciemings, cashier, of the First National Dank at Bushnell, 111., were arrested and '" jX* thought to Springfield, charged with having _ <$3 smbezzled $G0,000or more of The instita -> Cion's funds. Earl Cairxs, a prominent English bleman, born in 1819, Is cieaa. i/unng public caroer ho held the offices of solicto^S^^M general, atcorney-general and lord hlg^H^SI :hancellor. His son, Lord Garaoyle, whSfl ?l| succeeds to hi3 fathers title, is now in tlwKjiSJj country, and was the defendant in a sensational breaoh-of-promise suit, brou^Aj'S^l >y Hiss Fort JS3U3, an English actress. "nWaftSgg W suit was compromised by defendant payiMH^Ml plaintiff $50,000. The rebellion of the half breeds in Mant^ra 'BI toba under the leadership of Louis Riel har^QBl spread to the Indian tribe s. Many settlers jJS lavo b?en killed anl their ranches burned. :Jn The Canadian government has been actively ';3j engaged in sending troops to the scene of disA naval brigade of about 550 officers and .'/fl men?sailors and marines?sailed from New I York on the steamship City of Para for tho Isthmus of Panama. They were sent by the navy department to protect American inter- > jstsandto save the American flag from Insuit in that turbulent region t-c'a A DEADLY EXPLOSION. '* | Eleven Peranns Killed In an Indian Territory (oal mine. About forty workmen employed in a coal mine at McAllister, Indian Territory, wert quitting work for the day, and the greater number had come out of tho pit Many had gonotothoir homes, though a few still lin. gored at the mouth of the shaft waiting for their comrades to como to tho surface. Suddenly thoso who wero waiting; at the entrance to tho niino heard a dull explosion, and a volume of smoke, dust and debris came rushing up tho shaft. The alarm was given, and in a few minutca the entiro population of the village wore gathered about tho sceno of tho disaster. Among them were the wives, children, fathers and mothers of the poor fellows under ground whose fato was still unknown, and amid cries and moans they pleaded piteously that something, anything, everything be dono for tho relief or rescue of their loved OIK'S. All was confusion at first, but order was soon establi-hed, and a rescuing party entered tho mino. Tho explosion was not followed by a conflagration, henco there was no :rreat obstacle to tho progress of the searchers. They soon found tint thedamage to the mine was inconsidorablc. and this led to a hope that the results might not be as bad as was generally believed. They had not gono far, however, lx>forc they wero shocked by findins that eleven men?ail who were below when the explosionoecurred -had been killed. Nono of tho bodies wero burned, r.or were unv of them very badly mutilated. Some of tliem hml legs or arms broken. l>ut it was evl- n dent they hod been killed by tho concussion. 9 Tho explosion is supposed to have been caused by the ignition of n quantity of giant H IKiwiier, communicating with gas and flu? M coal dust. H